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" Byerly's New American ?■ e:L!rrrt-Kook, en 
" the United States, compiled bj Stephen Byerl 
" gomery county, Pa." 

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"act for the cncoura^enieof of learning, bv ^n 
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PREFACE. 



It has become very common with the compilers of 
spelling-books, to begin with a long enumeration of faults 
in the systems of others, and an apology for intruding 
their own work on the public. With this plan I shall 
dispense, and only flatter myself that every attempt to 
improve, and render easy the art of instructing our youth 
in the rudiments of the English language, cannot fail to 
meet with encouragement by a wise, virtuous, and en- 
lightened people. 

In the first part of the following work, the spelling 
lessons are arranged from one to six syllables ; and an 
easy gradation has been observed, so as to keep pace 
with the capacity of the learner, without confusing his 
ideas too soon with difficult words. 

The second part is composed .of a table of proper 
names of persons, cities, rivers, mountains, and villages, 
regularly arranged, and concluding with a table of words 
alike in sound but different in spelling and signification. 

The third partis composed of a large table of words 
accented and explained. 

The pronunciation of Walker has been pursued 
throughout the work, and the most natural division of the 
syllables has been attended to. 

Care has been taken to adapt the reading lessons to 
the understanding of children, and the subjects are such 
as are calculated to inspire the youthful mind with a love 
of virtue and truth, while, at the same time, they amuse 
and instruct. 

STEPHEN BYERLY. 
Mooreland, June 15th, 1822. 



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PART 1. 
THE ALPHABET. 

ROMAN CAPITALS. 

ABCDEFGHIJKLMN 
OPQRSTUVWXYZ. 

ROMAN SMALL LETTERS. 

abcdefghijklmnopq 
r s t u v w x j z. 

dcouehkmflniprtwy 

v x z a q j b g s. 

ITALICS. 

ABCDEFGHIJKLMN 
OPQRS TUVWX YZ. 

a b c d ef g h ij k I m n o. p q 
rs-tuvwxy z, 



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Double Letters, now in use, 

ff fi ffi fl ffl 






Syllables. 
SECTION I. 




ba 


LESSON 1. 

be bi bo bu 


LESSON 5. 

ab eb ib ot> 


ub 


]ca 
da 
fa 


ce ci co cu 
de di do du 
fe fi fo fu 


ac ec ic oc 
ad ed id odl 
af ef if of 


uc 
ud 
uf 


ga 


ge gi go gu 


a g e S ig og 


ug 


ha 


LESSON 2~ 

he hi ho hu 


LESSON 6. 

ah ob 




J a 
ka 

la 


je Ji jo ju 
ke ki ko ku 
le li lo hi 


ak ek ik ok 
al el il ol 


uk | 
ul 


ma 


me mi mo mu 


am em im om 


um 1 




LESSON 3. 


LESSON 7. 




na 


ne ni no nu 


an en in oft 


un | 


pa 
ra 


pe pi po pu 
re ri ro ru 


ap ep lp op 
ar er ir or 


U P jl 
ur [1 


sa 
: ta 


se si so su 
te ti to tu 


as es is os 
at et It ot 


us 
ut |j 




LESSON 4- 


LESSON £L 




va 


ve vi vo vu 


av ev iv ov 


uv 


wa 


we wi wo wu 






ya 

za 


ye yi yo yu 
ze zi zo zu 


ax ex ix ox 
az ez iz oz 


irx | 
oz | 



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LESSON 9. 


LESSON 10. 


ac da *§M& id oc 


ro im za gu ki 


cu la 1 ft re by 


it se of di he 


hu cy go ne wa 
ed ho lu ax ci 


fu eg ik ic on 
ye zo ry ko ec 


ku nu az ya oc 


me eu al ex cy 


Syllables of three Letters. 


LESSON 1. 


LESSON 4. 


bla ble bli bio blu 
bra bre bri bro bru 


qua que qui quo 
sea see sci sco scu 


cha che chi cho chu 


sha she shi sho shu 


cla cle cli clo clu 


ska ske ski sko sku 


era ere cri cro cru 


sla sle sli slo slu 


LESSON 2. 


LESSON 5. 


dra dre dri dro dru 


sma sme smi smo smu 


dAva dwe dwi dwo d wu 


sna sne sni sno snu 


|fla fle fli flo flu 
fra fre fri fro fru 


spa spe spi spo spu 
sta ste sti sto stu 


gla gle gli glo glu 


swa swe swi swo swu 


LESSON 3. 


LESSON 6. 


gra gre gri gro gru 
kna kne kni kno knu 


tha the thi tho thu 
tra tre tri tro tru 


phaphe phi pho phu 
pla pie pli plo plu 


twa twe twi two twu i 
wha whe whi who whu 1 


pra pre pri pro pru 


wra wre wri wro wru 











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LESSON 7. 






An owl and a bat; a cat andji 


_rat. 




A sow 


and a pig ; a nut andjgj 


1 




A cow 


and an ox ; a hen an* 


Wox. 1 




See the mad dog, on the wet b< 


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SECTION II. 








Words of three Letters. 








' LESSON 1. 




Bad 


beg 


bog can den 


dip 


bag 


bet 


bug cap did 


dog 


ban 


bid 


bun cat dig 


dot 


bat 


big 


but cut dim 

LESSON 2. 


dug 


Fan 


fig 


fun had hid 


hot 


jfag 


fin 


gad hag him 


hug 


|fat 


fit 


gap ham hit 


hum 


fen 


fog 


gum hat hog 

LESSON 3. 


hut 




All of 


us my son are to die. 






Go not 


in the way of bad men 


? 




For ba 


d men are in the way of 


sin. 




Be a g 


ood boy, and try to do well. I 






LESSON 4. 




Kid 


lip 


man nag num 


pen i 


lad 


log 


mat net nut 


pet | 


lag 


lot 


men nit pad 


P?g ! 


lap 


lug 


met nod pan 

LESSON 5. 


pin 


Pod 


ran 


ram rob run 


set 


pot 


rap 


rib rot rut 


sin 


pun 


rat 


rig rub sad 


sit 


put 


red 


rip rug sap 


sob 











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lesson 6. 
My son do no ill. 

The jH^o f God is on us all the day; 
And *1 Ian see us in all we do. 
Let us riot go out of the good way. 

LESSON 7. 



Sot 


tap 


tit 


urn 


wet 


fur 


sum 


tax 


top 


wag 


wig 


mud 


sun 


ten 


tub 


wax 


win 


mug 


tap* 


tin 


tug 


wen 


wit 


fix 






LESSON 8. 






Sop 


jet 


bar 


f6r 


did 


cry 


mix 


jut 


far 


nor 


ode 


dry 


sex 


six 


car 


oy 


ore 


try 


vex 


firm 


tar 


boy 


fly 


s py 


ink 


art 


mar 


toy 


fry 


thy 



LESSON 9. 

Be just and true, and kind to all. 
Love all men, and do good to all ; 
But most of all love God who made thee. 
Put thy trust in him and fear him. 

SECTION III. 

Words of four Letters. 
lesson 1. 
Back belt bung buck duck fist 
band bend bond cash dust fish 
bank beck bump damp fang furl 
bang best burn dash felt frog 
lesson %. 

Gift hemp hurt just land lick 

gilt help hush king lash link 

hack hilt husk kill lend list 

hand hiss hill lack left limp 











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LESSON 3. 




■ 


If 


" our end be bad we so -to wc 


I 


And thus 


it is with all who dig 


U; 1 


But he that does what go<U 


can || 


Will gain 


the love of God and 


man. If 






LESSON 4. 






L6ng 


lust 


mend much 


nick 


pest II 


lost 


mash 


milk mump 


pack 


pick | 


left 


mast 


mint must 


past 


pill 1 


iuck 


mask 


mist neck 


plat 


plot | 


lump 


melt 


mock nest 

LESSON 5. 


peck 


pump | 


plug 


rend 


ring rung 


sent 


shed | 


rack 


rent 


rock sack 


sled 


ship | 


rank 


rest 


rump sand 


step 


shod 1 


rush 


rich 


runt sang 


shad 


shun | 


! iSti 


rill 


rust send 

LESSON 6. 


sham 


shut | 


- [ear 


the birc 


sing in the tree. 




e the fish swims in the run. 




And let a hard heart be far from thee. 1 


The Lord loves a mind that is good and kind. 






LESSON 7. 






sm 


skin 


slip smut 


song 


step 


sing 


skip 


slit snag 


soft 


stop 


sift 


slab 


slop snap 


sock 


stub 


sink 


slat 


slug snow 


stab 


stun 


gill ; 


sled 


slut snug 

LESSON 8. 


stag 


sung 


Tack 


test 


trip tuck 


will 


hill 


task 


text 


trim west 


wish 


swim 


tang 


tint 


trot well 


went 


swig 


tend 


trap 


tell wish 


whet 


bell 


tent 


drum 


till wine 


next 


drug 





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LESSON 9. 






To read well Ave must read slowly. 


To 


live well we must try to mend 


> 


1 And do as we would wish to be done unto. 


My 


son, hold fast the law that is good. 






LESSON 10. 






Bkbe 


bite 


cope 


dote 


five 


gold 


bade 


bone 


core 


duke 


feel 


gore 


bale 


bold 


cube 


deep 


feet 


hate 


bake 


bore 


cure 


deer 


fume 


hind 


bane 


bolt 


dale 


fade 


fuse 


hive 


bare 


cape 


date 


fame 


fold 


hold 


base 


care 


dime 


fare 


gale 


home 


bate 


case 


dine 


fine 


game 


hose 


bile 


cave 


dive 


find 


gate 


hope 


bind 


colt 


dose 


file 


gave 


joke 






LESSON 11. 






Help t 


such as need it 


, and be kind to all. 


Do to all men as you 7 


would like to be done to. 


Use no bad w 


ords, and keep 


to the truth. 


This is 


•the way to gain 


the love of all good men. 






LESSON 12. 






keep 


lice 


mare 


mode 


nice 


pile 


kind 


life 


mate 


mole 


nine 


pine 


kite 


lone 


maze 


mope 


nose 


pint 


lame 


lungs 


mice 


more 


note 


pipe 


lane 


lure 


mild 


mote 


pace 


poke 


late 


lute 


mile 


mule 


page 


pole 


lead 


mace 


mind 


muse 


pale 


pore 


like 


made 


mine 


mute 


pate 


port 


lime 


make 


mire 


name 


pave 


post 


line 


male 


mite 


need 


peer 


pure m |j 






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LESSON 13. 

The life that now is, is short; 
But the life to come has no end. 
Let us serve God in our young days ; 
For we can do no work in the grave. 
lesson 14. 

seed 

seek 

seem 

side 

sine 

size 

sold 

sole 

sore 

sure 

lesson 15. 

My son, walk not in thine own ways, but in 
the ways of the Lord. 

Spend thy time well, and God will bless 
thee: he will love thee and do thee good. 
lesson 16. 



Kace 


rice 


rude 


rage 
rake 


ride 
rime 


rule 
safe 


rape 
rare 


rise 
rite 


sage 
sale 


rate 


nve 


same 


rave 


robe 


sate 


reed 


rode 


save 


reek 
reel 


rope 
rose 


seen 
seer 



take 


tone 


tale 
tame 


tope 
tore 


tape 


tube 


tare 


tune 


teem 
tile 


type 
vale 


tide . 


vase 


time 


vice 


tire 


vile 



Vine 

vote 

wade 

wage 

wake 

wane 

ware 

wave 

weed 

week 



ween 

weep 

wide 

wife 

wild 

wile 

wind 

wine 

wipe 

wire 



yoke 

zone 

ball 

call 

fall 

mall 

hall 

halt 

malt 

salt 



warm 

want 

wall 

blrk 

card 

farm 

hard 

harm 

lard 

lark 



marl 

mark 

barn 

bard 

spar 

yarn 

yard 

b6on 

boot 

moon 



noon 

poor 

soon 

room 

root 

c&rd 

lord 

b6ok 

btish 

bull 



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lesson 17. 

The Owl. 



15 




The Owl is a large bird. It sleeps all day, 
and hunts its food at night. It eats small 
birds and mice. It makes a very loud noise, 
and is often heard at midnight. It has large 
eyes, and a head like a cat. 



SECTION IV. 

Words of- five Letters. 



Biack 

bland 

blank 

blast 

blend 

bless 

blink 

bliss 

block 

bluff 



blunt 
blush 



LESSON 

brush 
bunch 



1. 



brack burnt 
brand clamp 



brass 
glass 
brick 
bring 
brink 
brisk 



clang 

clash 

clasp 

class 

cliff 

clink 



clock 

clump 

crack 

cramp 

crank 

crick 

crisp 

cross 

crump 

crush 



crust 

drank 

dress 

drift 

drill 

drink 

flank 

flask 

flash 

flesh 



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LESSON 


2. 




Go to the ant. 


you that hate work, 


Think on her 


ways and be wise 


• 


She 


takes care to lay 


up a store 


* . 


To J 


ay up food for the time of need. 






LESSON 


3. 




Flint 


graft 


punch 


spell 


stint 


flock 


grand 


slack 


spend 


stock 


flush 


grant 


slant 


spill 


strap 


fresh 


grass 


slink 


stack 


strip 


frisk 


plant 


smack 


staff 


stuck 


frock 


plank 


smell 


stanch 


stuff 


frost 


pluck 


snack 


stand 


stump 


gland 


plump 


snuff 


stiff 


stung 


. glass 


plush 


spank 


still 


swell 


gloss 


prank 


speck 

LESSON 


sting 
4. 


swing 


By the word of the Lord were all things made. 


God made the world ; he made both man and| 


beast. 








He made the fowls of the air, and the fish of 


the sea. 












LESSON 


5. 




Blkde 


broke 


drove 


graze 


plume 


blame 


brute 


flame 


green 


pride 


Haze 


close 


fleet 


greet 


prime 


i bleed 


clove 


frame 


grind 


prize 


blind 


crape 


glade 


gripe 


prone 


blote 


crave 


glare 


grope 


prune 


brace 


crime 


glide 


grQve 


slate 


brake 


crude 


globe 


grume 


slave 


breed 


drave 


grace 


place 


sleep 


bride 


drive 


grave 


plane 


sleet 



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LESSON 6. 

The boy who strives to learn his book, 
He soon will learn to spell ; 
And he that wants to be a man. 
Will learn his lesson well. 







LESSON 


7. 




Slice 


sneer 


spine 


stave 


store 


slide 


snore 


spire 


steed 


stove 


slime 


space 


spite 


steel 


sware 


slope 


spake 


spoke 


steep 


sweep 


smile 


spare 


sport 


steer 


sweet 


smite 


speed 


stage 


stile 


trace 


smoke 


spice 


stale 


stole 


trade 


smote 


spike 


stare 


stone 


trope 



LESSON 8. 

He that made us, my son, doth mind all 
that we say and do. 

Let us love and fear him all the day, and 
in all our words and deeds try to please him. 

If thou hast done what is not right, do so no 
more ; but try to mend for the time to come 

God will not cast thee off, if thou strive to 
mend, and do well for the time to come. 

lesson 9. 

bloom 

brood 

broom 

crook 

droop 

groom 

proof 

scoop 

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mena, i 
*Br&wI 


ma ao 
c&ive 


brawn 


farce 


crawl 


smart 


drawn 


snarl 


drawl 


spark 


gawk 


start 


scald 


sn&rt 


fault 


storm 



shoot 


flood 


sloop 


stood 


sooth 


brook 


spool 
stool 


crook 
shook 


stoop 
troop 
bl&od 


birch 
chirp 
shirt 



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li:sson 10. 
The Lord made thee, my child, and me. 
and all things. 

He made our eyes to see with, our ears to 
hear with, and our teeth to eat with. 

tie save us life and breath, and all the 
good things that we have. 

LESSON 11. 

crown 

clown 

drown 

frown 

hound 

house 



Broil 

joint 

moist 

noi.se 

point 



poise 
spoil 



cloud 

hound 

hrown 



flout 

louse 

mouse 

proud 

prowl 

pound 



round 

scour 

scout 

spout 

stout 

trout 



The Cock. 




The Cock is a fowl that lives about the 
{arm yard. He has white flesh, and a bulky 
body. He has a short strong bill to pick up 
grain. He has short wings, and a large red 
comb on the top of his head. His tail is large 
and bushy, and he crows every hour after 



n id night 



Byerly's Spelling-Book. 19 

Improve by other men's faults, rather than 
censure them. 

A good man passes by an offence, and a 
noble spirit scorns revenge. 

Some things are good which are not plea- 
u other things are pleasant which are not 
good 5 but to live in peace is both good and 
pleasant. 



SECTION V. 
Words of iwp syllables, accented on the first. 



A corn 
an gel 
ba by 
ba ker 
bane ful 
bare foot 
ba sis 
hi as 

! blind fold 
brew er 



clo ver 
Cii er 
cri sis 
cru el 
cru et 
cu bit 
dan ger 
de cent 
de ist 
di al 



bride cakedi et 



bri er 
bri ny 
bro ken 
bro ker 
bru tal 
care ful 
care less 
ce dar 
ci der 
cli ent 



dire ful 
do tage 
dra per 
dro ver 
dur ing 
du ty 
e diet 
e gress 
e pact 
e Qua! 



e ven 

e vil 

feel ing 

fe male 

fe. ver 

fi nal 

fin ite 

fir ing 

flu ent 

fluid 

fly er 

fo cus 

fore cast 

fore man 

fore most green ish 

fore top greet ing 

fra grant gro cer 

free dom gru el 

free ly hate ful 

free stone ha tred 

fri ar ha ven 



fro zen 
fru gal 
fu el 
fu ry 
fu ture 
game ster 
gi ant 
glar ing 
glory 
gold en 
gold smith 
grate ful 
grave ly 
gra vy 



J Eyeries Spelling-Book. 

The Lord who made the ear of man, 

He needs must hear aright; 
He made the eye ; so all must then 

Be plain as in his sight. 

The Lord does know the wish of man ; 

His heart he sees full plain ; 
The Lord most high, man's will does scan, 

And sees it is but vain. 



Ha zel 
ha zy 
heed less 
hire ling 
home ly 
hope ful 
host ess 
huge ly 
hu man 
hu*mid 
hy dra 
hy men 

dol 

ron 

i cy 
jew el 
ju lep 
ju ry 
jkeep er 
ikind ly 
I kind ness 
| la bour 
la dy 



lame ness 
late ly 
la tent 
la ver 
la zy 
le gal 
lewd ness 
li ar 
life less 
light en 
like ly 
like ness 
li on 
live ly 
lone ly 
lu cid 
lu nar 
lu rid 

tying 

ma jor 

ma ker 
man ger 
man gy 
ma son 



meek ness 
meet ing 
mild ness 
mind ful 
mo dish 
mole hill 
molt en 
mo merit 
mu cus 
mute ly 
name less 
name ly 
na ture 
na val 
need ful 
need less 
need y 
nice ly 
nine ty 
no ted 
o men 
on ly 
o pen 
o val 



o ver 
pa gan 
pale ness 
pa pal 
pa per 
pa pist 
pa rent 
pave ment 
peer ess 
peer less 
peev ish 
pew ter 
pi rate 
pli ant 
plu ral 
po em 
po et 
pole* cat 
post age 
po tent 
pri mate 
pri vate 
prone ness 
pru dence 





Byerltfs Sj 


selling-Book 


21 


That man or child 


is safe anc 


sure, 


Who 


daily lives 


in awe, 




And that his life may be kept 


pure, 


Does love God's 


holy law r : 




For he shall live in peace and rest, 


He fears not at his death ; 




Love fills his heart 


, and hope 


his breast, 


With 


joy he yields his breath. 


Pu pil 


si lence 


sweet ness wa fer 


pure ly 


sla vish 


ta ken 


wa ger 


ra ven 


slee py 


ta per 


wake ful 


ra zor 


sli der 


ti dings 


whi ten 


re gal 


smo ky 


tidy 


whi- ting 


ripe ly 


so ber 


time ly 


za ny 


ri pen 


so lar 


to ken 


ab bot 


ri val 


sore ly 


tra der 


ab ject 


f ude ly 


spi cy 


tri umph 


ac tor 


rude ness 


spi der 


tru ly 


ac tress 


ru ler 


spi nal 


tu lip 


ad der 


ru ral 


spi ral 


tu mour 


ad vent 


sa cred 


spo ken 


tu mult 


ad verb 


safe ty 


state ly 


tune ful 


af ter 


sa tan 


sto len 


tu tor 


al um 


sa turn 


sto ny 


ty rant 


am ber 


se cret 


sto ry 


use ful 


an ger 


seem ly 


stu dent 


use less 


an ker 


sha dy 


stu pid 


va cant 


an nal 


shame ful 


su et 


v^t grant 


an tic 


shape ly 


sure ly 


vary 


an vil 


sha ver 


sure ty 


ve nal 


asp en 


, sheep fold sweet en 


vi al 


at las 


si lent 


sweet ly 


vi tal 


at om 



22 Byerly^s Spelling- Book. 

Since you are not certain of an hour, never 
throw away a minute. Make the most of your 
time, and improve it while it is in your power. 

What we call time enough, always proves 
to be little enough. 

In the morning think what thou hast to do, 
and at night forget not to ask thyself what 
thou hast done. 



Back ward 
bag gage 
bal ance 
bal lad 
bal last 
ban dy 
ban ish 
bank er 
ban ner 
ban quet 
ban ter 
ban dage 
bant ling 
bap tist 
bar rel 
bar ren 
bash ful 
bas ket 
bat ter 
besr gar 
bel fry 
belly 
bet ter 
bid den 
big ot 



bil let 
bish op 
black ness 
blad der 
blank et 
bless ed 
bless ing 
blis ter 
blun der 
blus ter 
bob bin 
bod kin 
bod y 
bon dage 
bond man 
bon fire 
bon net 
bran dish 
bran dy 
brim stone 
bris ket 
brisk ly 
brisk ness 
buck et 
buck ler 



buck ram 
buffet 
bump er 
bunt ing 
bur den 
burn ing 
bur nish 
but ler 
but ment 
but ter 
but ton 
cab bage 
cab in 
cam el 
can eel 
can cer 
can did 
cap ture 
car go 
car rot 
car ry 
cav ern 
cav il 
chan nel 
chat ter 



chap el 
chap let 
chap ter 
chat ter 
cher ish 
chest nut 
chick en 
chil ly 
chim ney 
chol ic 
churchman 
churl ish 
cin der 
cis tern 
cit ron 
city 
civ il 
clam my 
clat ter 
cler gy 
clos et 
clus ter 
clut ter 
cob ler 
cob web 



Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 23 

Learn to live so that you need not fear to die. 
Use well jour time, while in your prime. 
An ill spent life, will have a bad end. 
Haste makes waste, and waste makes want. 
He that will not work should not eat. 
Death levels all, both great and small. 
Do no hurt where you can do no good. 
Do your best, and leave the rest to God. 



Cod fish 
coffer 
cof fee 
coffin 
com ment 
com mon 
com pact 
com plex 
com post 
con cord 
con gress 
con stant 
con sort 
con test 
con tract 
con trite 
con vent 
con vert 
con vex 
con vict 
cop per 
cop y 
cost ly 
cot ton 



craf ty 
cred it 
crick et 
crup per 
crus ty 
crys tal 
cul ture 
cum ber 
cur rant 
cus torn 
cut lass 
cut ler 
dag ger 
dam age 
dam ask 
del uge 
des cant 
dif fer 
dim ly 
din ner 
dis cord 
dis count 
diz zy 
dock et 



doc tor 
dol lar 
drag on 
drink er , 
driv en 
drop sy 
drunk ard 
drunk en 
dul lard 
dump ling 
dung hill 
dus ky 
dus ty 
ef fort 
el der 
em bers 
em blem 
emmet 
end less 
en trance 
en try 
en vy 
er ror 
es sence 



ev er 
fac tor 
fam ish 
fan cy 
fat ling 
fat ten 
fen nel 
fer ret 
fer ry 
fes ter 
fet ter 
fig ure 
fil bert 
fil let 
fin ish 
fir kin 
flag on 
flan nel 
flas ket 
flax en 
flinty 
flus ter 
flut ter 
fod der 



•u 



jerly^s Spdiuig-Book. 

A good boy will do that which is right f he 
vvili flee from vice : he will do good and walk 
in the way of life. 

L.ove not the world nor the things that are 
in the world, for they are sinful. 

Be a good child, mind thy book, love thy 
school, and strive to learn. 



For age 
for est 
fos ter 
frag merit 
iVnt tul 

frol ic 
fYos ty 
fun nel 
fur nish 
gal Ion 
>;al lop 
^am brel 
■(am mon 
gan der 
; >;ar ret 
gen der 
gei ture 
:^ib bet 
d ness 

lis ter 
glit ter 

•;lut ton 

ob let 
*os pel 
^rav A 



grist ly 
grov el 
gul let 
gul ly 
gun ner 
gus set 
gut ter 
hab it 
ham let 
hammer 
han dy 
hank er 
hap pen 
hap py 
hat ter 
haz ard 
hel met 
Help ful 
hem lock 
her mit 
hid den 
hin der 
hor rid 
hov el 
hun dmd 



hun ger 
hunt er 
hur ry 
hurt ful 
jack et 

J ell 7 
in dex 

in got 

in most 

in quest 

in step 

in suit 

ken nel 

ker nel 

king dom 

lad der 

Ian cet 

land lord 

land ing 

Ian tern 

lap pet 

last ing 

lat in 

lat ter 

lav ish 



lem on 
let ter 
lev el 
lim ber 
lim it 
lit ter 
liz ard 
lofty 
log ic 
log wood 
lug gage 
lu-m ber 
lus ty 
mad ness 
mag got 
mal let 
mam mon 
man ful 
man hood 
man ly 
man ner 
mar ry 
mat ter 
mel on 
mem ber 



Byerly's Spelling-Book. 25 

Tell no tales, call no ill names, but be kind 
to all. 

You must not lie, nor swear, nor cheat, nor 
steal. 

Play not with bad boys ; use no bad words. 
Spend your time well; live in peace, and 
shun all strife. 

This is the way to make good men love you, 
and save your souls from pain and wo. 

The time will come when all men must 
die. 

on set plan et rav el 

pack et plas ter rav ish 
pad lock plat ter reb el 
pal let plen ty rel ish 
pam per plum met ren net 
plun der rest less 
pot ter riv er 
prin cess riv et 
proffer rob ber 
pros pect rock et 
pros per rot ten 
pub lish rub bish 
pun ish rud der 
put ty rug ged 

raf ter run let 
ral ly rup ture 

ram mer rus set 
ram part rus tic 
ran dom rus ty 
sal ad 
sam pier 



Men tal 
mer cy 
mer ry 
mil ler 
mis tress 
mod el 
mod est 
mor al 
mot to 
mud dy 
mur der 
mus ket 
mur mur 
mus ter 
mus ty 
nev er 
nov el 
num ber 
nut meg 
ob ject 
of fer 
often 



pan nel 
par rot 
ped ler 
pen cil 
pen ny 
pep per 
per feet 
per ish 
per son 
pes ter 
pig gin 
pil fer 
pil grim 
pil lar 
pip pin 
pis tol 

pity 



ran som 
rap id 
rav age 



san i 



lal 



26 Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 

Shun no man ; for you know not how soon 
you may stand in need of his help. 

If you have done wrong, own your fault ; 
for he that tells a lie to hide it, makes it 
worse. 

He that tells the truth is a wise child ; but 
he that tells lies will not be heard when he 
speaks the truth. 

When you are at school, keep your seats, 
and mind your books. 



Sav age 
scan ty 
seg ment 
sel dom 
self ish 
sel vage 
sen ate 
ser mon 
ser pent 
sev en 
sex ton 
shat ter 
shel ter 
shud der 
sick ness 
sig nal 
sil ver 
sin ner 
sis ter 
skil fill 
bkil let 
skim mer 



slack en 
slen der 
slip per 
slug gard 
slum ber 
slut tish 
smat ter 
sock et 
soft ly 
sol id 
son net 
sor ry 
spav in 
spin age 
spin et 
splen dor 
splut ter 
stam mer 
stan za 
stat ute 
stig ma 
stin go 



stop page 
stud y 
stur dy 
sub ject 
sud den 
suf fer 
sul ky 
sul len 
sul try 
sum mer 
sum mon 
sun dry 
sun ny 
sup per 
sur ly 
sur name 
syl van 
syn tax 
tab by 
tal on 
tal ly 
tan ner 



tar ry 
tat ter 
tav ern 
tern per 
tern pest 
ten ant 
ten or 
tet ter 
tex ture 
tick et 
tim ber 
tip pet 
trav el 
train pet 
trus ty 
turn bier 
tur nip 
turn pike 
ud der 
ul cer 
vas sal 
vel vet 



Ves sel 
wick ed 
win ter 
wit ness 
yon der 
ar dent 
art less 



Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 

bar ber 
bar ter 
car nal 
car pet 
farm er 
gar den 
gar ment 



27 



gaT nee 

gar ter 
dark ness 
mar vel 
mar ket 
par don 
part ner 



var nish 
bor der 
cor ner 
hor net 
mor tal 
tor ment 
vor tex 



The Lion. 




The Lion is a native of Africa. He is call- 
ed King of Beasts. The Lion is about six 
feet in length, and about four feet and a half 
high. He has a very thick head and neck, 
and his face is covered with long bushy hair. 
He has a mane like a horse, which hangs 
dow r n to his knees. He has short ears, arid a 
long tail. His legs are thick and fleshy, and 
his feet very short. He has claws about an 
inch and a quarter in length, of a white 
colour. The lion is very fierce, and lives to 
be sixty or seventy years old. 



28 Byerly's Spelling-Book. 

The path of virtue is the path of peace: in 
that only can we walk with safety. 

Pride goes before ruin, and a lofty spirit 
before a fall. 

Then let not pride have a place in thy 
heart, but strive to keep thy mind humble. 

Be not wise in thy own eyes, but put thy 
trust in the Lord, and thou shalt be safe. 



Words 

A base 
a bate 
a bide 
a bode 
a buse 
a dore 
a gree 
a like 
a live 
a lone 
a maze 
a ware 
a wake 
ac quire 
ad jure 
ad mire 
ad vice 
al lure 
as pire 
assume 



SECTION VI. 

of two syllables, accented on the last 
con fute 



as sure 
at tire 
be fore 
be hind 
be hold 
be seech 
be side 
be take 
be ware 
com pare 
com pile 
com port 
com pose 
com pute 
con cise 
con elude 
con dole 
con duce 
con fide 
con fine 



con mve 
con sole 
con spire 
con sume 
con trive 
con vene 
de base 
de bate 
de clare 
de cline 
de duce 
de face 
de file 
de fine 
de lude 
de mure 
de note 
de plore 
de prave 



de pute 
de ride 
de rive 
de vice 
de vote 
dif fuse 
di late 
dis grace 
dis like 
dis pute 
dis robe 
dis taste 
dis use 
di vide 
di vine 
e duce 
e late 
ef face 
e lude 
em brace 



Byerly's Spelling-Book. 29 

In six days God made the world. He made 
| the sun to shine by day, and the moon and 
stars to give light by night. 

He made all the beasts that walk on the 
earth, all the birds that fly. in the air, and all 
the fish that swim in the water. 

Each herb, and plant, and tree, is the work 
of his hands. 



Em pale 
en close 
en dure 
en gage 
en grave 
en rage 
en slave 
en snare 
en sure 
en tice 
en tire 
es tate 
e vade 
ex cuse 
ex pire 
ex plode 
^ex plore 
ex port 
fore go 
im plore 
im port 
im pute 
in cite 
in cline 



in elude 
in duce 
in flame 
in fuse 
in hold 
in nate 
in quire 
in sane 
in snare 
in spire 
in tire 
in trade 
in vade 
in vite 
in voke 
mis deed 
mis like 
mis name 
mis place 
mis rule 
mis take 
mis use 
ob late 
ob scure 



ob tuse 
out pace 
out ride 
out shine 
pa role 
per fume 
per spire 
po lite 
pol lute 
pre pare 
pre sage 
pre side 
pro duce 
pro fane 
pro fuse 
pro .mote 
pro voke 
re buke 
re cline 
re elude 
re duce 
re fute 
re gale 
re late 



re mind 
re mote 
re new 
re pine 
re place 
re plete 
re ply 
re port 
re pute 
re quire 
re store 
re tire 
re vile 
re vive 
re voke 
sa lute 
se cure 
se date 
se duce 
sub lime 
sub side 
sue ceed 
suffice 
sup ply 



C 2 



30 Byerhfs Spellwg-Book. 

God made man also ; he formed him out 
of the dust of the earth, and breathed into him 
the breath of life, and he became a living soul. 
He placed him in the garden of Eden, and 
spread sweet flowers around him, in order to 
make him happy; but man, wicked man, 
would not listen to the voice of his Maker, 
but ate of that fruit which God had told him 



Sup port 
sur vive 
trans late 
trans pire 
trans port 
un bind 
un bolt 
un fold 
u nite 
un lace 
I un lade 
| un like 
un made 
un safe 
un seen 
un told 
up hold 
a bash 
a bet 
ab rupt 
a dapt 
a dopt 
a las 



a lert 
a mass 
a midst 
a venge 
a ver 
a vert 
ab sent 
ab surd 
ac cent 
ac cept 
ac quit 
ad dress 
ad just 
ad mit 
af firm 
af flict 
al lot 
an nex 
an nul 
as sess 
as sist 
at tack 
at tend 



at tract 
be gin 
be got 
be gun 
be held 
be long 
be reft 
ce ment 
com mand 
com mit 
com pact 
com pel 
com press 
con duct 
con fer 
con fess 
con sent 
con sist 
con suit 
con test 
con tract 
con vert 
con vict 



cor rupt 
de cant 
de coct 
de feet 
de fend 
de fer 
de pend 
de tect 
de test 
di gest 
di rect 
dis cuss 
dis gust 
dis miss 
dis sent 
dis til 
dis turb 
di vert 
di vest 
ef feet 
eject 
e mit 
en act 



Byerly r s bpeUuig-Hook. 



31 



not to touch; and for being thus wicked, God 
drove him out of this garden which he had 
given him, and so he became poor, and blind, 
and naked. God then told him he should! 
earn his 'bread by the work of his hands, and 
pass his days in sorrow and pain. But God 
afterwards sent his son Jesus Christ to save 
man from his fallen state, and that if he would 
now be good, he should jei be happy. 



En camp 
en rich 
e rect 
e vent 
ex eel 
ex pand 
ex pect 
ex pel 
ex pend 
ex pert 
ex press 
ex tent 
fo ment 
for bid 
for get 
ful fil 
gal lant 
im pel 
Ira plant 
im orint 
in cur 
in feet 



in fer 
in fest 
in suit 
in vent 
in vest 
la ment 
mo lest x 
ob ject 
oc cult 
oc cur 
of fend 
o mit 
op press 
per plex 
per vert 
pre diet 
pre fer 
pre vent 
pro fess 
pro tect 
pro test 
re bel 



re cant 
re fit 
re fleet 
re fresh 
regret 
re lax 
re mit 
re past 
re pent 
re turn 
re volt 
ro bust 
ro mance 
se dan 
se lect 
sub ject 
sub mit 
sub sist 
sub vert 
sue cess 
sup prest 
sur pass 



sus pect 
sus pend 
un bent 
un curl 
un cut 
un dress 
un fit 
un furl 
un gird 
un hurt 
un just 
un man 
un mask 
un pin 
un rig 
un spent 
un bred 
up cast 
up *held 
up lift 
u ,?urp 
well bred 



i %% byerlifs Spelling-Book. 

Birds fly in the air ; beasts walk on the 
! ground ; snakes crawl on their bellies ; fish 
iswim in the water, by" means of fins. Some 
fowls swim on the water; these are called 
water fowls ; their toes are joined together 
by a thin skin, which like oars, or the fins of 
a fish, help them to swim. 



SECTION VII. 

Words of three syllables, accented on the first. 

■Cni ci fix lu na tic tu te lar 

cru ei ty lu na cy tu tor age 

de cen cy no ta bis u ni corn 

di a dem no ta ry u ni form 

di a lect no ti fy u ni ty 

di a mond nu me ral vo cal ly 

di a per nu tri ment hh ba cy 

dra pe ry o ver plus ab di cate 

droll e ry pa rent age ab so lute 

du pli cate pli a ble ac ci dent 

du ra b\e po et ry ac co lent 

du ti ful pri ma cy ac cu rate 

flu en cy pri ma ry ac ri tude 

free hold er pu ri ty ac tu al 

i dol ize re gen cy ad a mant 

i ron y ru di ment ad mi ral 

la zi ness se ere cy ad vo cate 

li bra ry scru ti ny af fa hie 

like li hood sla ver y al co ran 

live li hood spite ful ly al pha bet 

lone li ness stu pi fy al ti tude 



Byerly^s Spelling-Book. 

The lion roars, the horse neighs, the cow 
lows, the sheep bleats, the hog squeals, the 
cock crows, the hen cackles, the turkey gob- 
bles, the goose hisses, the duck quacks, ihi 
cat mews, the mouse squeaks, the dog barks, 
the wolf howls, the frog croaks, the monkey 
chatters, and men, boys and girls talk. 



Am bi tude 
am i ty 
am pli tude 
a h i mal 
an i mate 
an ti dote 
ar ro gant 
at ti tude 
av o cate 
ban ish ment 
bar o net 
bar ris ter 
bat te ry 
ben e diet 
ben e fit 
big a my 
big ot ry 
but ter fly 
but ter milk 
cal a mus 
cal cu late 
cal en der 
cal i ber 
cal i co 
cab i net 



can di date 
can is ter 
can i bal 
can o py 
cap i tal 
cat a ract 
cav al ry 
cer ti fy 
chas ti ty 
cir cu late 
cin na mon 
clar i fy 
clas si cal 
cit i zen 
clem en cy 
cler gy man 
crit i cal 
cal pa b\e 
cul ti vate 
cur ren cy 
cus torn er 
cus to dy 
cyl in der 
dec o rate 
ded i cate 



dep u ty 
des o late 
des ti ny 
des ti tute 
det ri ment 
dif for ent 
dif fi dent 
dif fi cult 
dig ni fy 
dig ni ty 
dil i gent 
dim i ty 
diy i dend 
doc u ment 
drop si cal 
dul ci mer 
ec sta cy 
ed i fy 
ed i tor 
ed u cate 
ef fi gy 
el e gant 
el e gy 
el e ment 
el e vate 



ypemng-jjook* 



1 34 Byerlfs 

jHow pleasant I feel at tlie end of the day, 
When I have no crimes to repent, 

But reflect on my time, and be able to say, 
That it has been properly spent. 

When my work I have done with patience 
and care, 

And been good and thankful and kind, 
I lay on my pillow, and sleep away there, 

With a happy and peaceable mind. 



Em bas sy 
eb o ny 
em bry o 
em er aid 
em i nent 
em per or 
em u late 
en e my 
en mi ty 
en ti ty 
ep i cure 
ep i gram 
es cu lent 
ev er green 
ev e ry 
ev i dent 
ex e cute 
fac to ry 
fac ul ty 
tal la cy 
fam i ly 
fed er al 
fel on y 



fer ven cy 
fes ti val 
fil a ment 
fir ma ment 
fin i cal 
fin is'h er 
fish e ry 
flat u lent 
gal ax y 
gal lant ly 
gal lant ry 
gar ri son 
gem i ni 
gen er al 
glut ton y 
grad u al 
grav i ty 
gun ne ry 
hap pi ness 
her aid ry 
hex a gon 
his to ry 
iff no rant 



im i tate 
im pie ment 
im pli cate 
im pu dent 
in ci dent 
in di gent 
in di go 
in dus try 
in fa my 
in fan cy 
in fant ry 
in fi del 
inn hold er 
in sti tute 
in stru ment 
in te ger 
in tel lect 
in ter est 
in ter val 
in ti mate 
joe u lar 
jollity 
jus ti fy 



Byerlfs Spelling-Book. 35 

On Death. 

There is an hour when I must die, 
Nor do I know how soon 'twill come ; 

How many children young as I, 

Are call'd by death to hear their doom. 

Let me improve the hours I have, 
Before the day of grace is fled, 

There's no repentance in the grave, 
Nor pardon offer'd to the dead. 



Kil der kin 
lat i tude 
lav en der 
len i ty 
lep ro sy 
levity 
lex i con 
lib er al 
lib er ty 
lit er al 
log i cal 
lot te ry 
lus ti ly 
lux u ry 
mag ni fy 
mal a dy 
man i fest 
man i fold 
man u al 
piar i ner 
I i cal 
med i tate 



mel o dy 
mer ci ful 
mer cu ry 
mil li ner 
mim ic ry 
min er al 
min is ter 
mit i gate 
mod er ate 
mod es ty 
mod u late 
mon o dy 
mon u ment 
mor al ist 
mul ti ply 
mys te ry 
nat u ral 
nav i gate 
nig gard ly 
nom i nal 
nov el ty 
ob li gate 



oc cu py 
of fer ing 
or a tor 
par a h\e 
par a dox 
par al lei 
pas sen ger 
pass o ver 
ped an try 
ped i gree 
pen al ty 
pen du lum 
pen i tent 
pen te cost 
pen u ry 
pep per mint 
per ti nent 
pes ti lent 
pet u lant 
pit i ful 
plen i tude 

pop U 1 i\Y 



36 Byerlijs Spelling-Book. 

Be not wise in thy own eyes, but humble. 

Put thy trust in the Lord, and thou shalt 
be safe. 

Let truth only proceed from thy mouth. 

Despise not the poor beeause of their pov- 
erty, but honour him who is honest and just. 

Envy not the rich, but be content with thy 
fortune. 

Maintain peace with all men, and let wis- 
dom direct thy steps. 

Por rin ger rev er ent suf fo cate 

pov er ty rev o cate sum ma ry 

pref er ence rib aid ry syl la ble 

prel a cy rid i cule tab u lar 

prob i iy riv u let tern, bo ral 

prod i gal rus ti cal ten den cy 

prop er ty sal i'vate ten e ment 

pros e cute sec ond ly ter ri 

prov en der sed i ment tes ta ment 

prov i dent sen su al tol er ate 

rad i ate sep a rate trag e dy 

rad i cal sig ni fy trag i cal 

rap id ly sim i lar trav el ler 

rar i fy sin gu lar trop i cal 

rat i fy sin is ter trum pet er 

rec ti fy slip pe ry tur bu lent 

rec to ry sol id ly tur pi tude 

reg is ter sol ven cy typ i fy 

reg u lar stim u late up per most 

regulate stratagem utterly 

rel e vant sub si dy ut ter most 

res i dent sud den ly van i ty 



Byerly's Spelling-Book 



37 



Ven e ry 
ver bal ly 
ver i fy 
ver i ty 
ver si fy 
ver ti cal 



vie to ry 
vil i fy 

viv i iy 
wil ful Iy 

yes ter day 
vin ci hie 



ar ma merit 
art ful ly 
car dir* al 
har bin ger 



bar mo ny 
mar gin al 

The Cape Buffalo. 




The Buffalo is a native of Africa, north of 
the Cape of Good Hope. The Buffalo is 
larger than a common ox- and much stronger. 
He is very fierce, and lies hid in the woods, 
and when people pass by, suddenly jumps on 
them and tramples them under his feet. They 
go in large droves, and wander about morn- 
ing and evening, and lie still in the heat of 
the day. His horns are crooked, and his eyes 
are sunk into his head. He always holds his 
head on one side, which makes him look very 
fierce. The flesh of the Buffalo is said to be 
very good food, and is much valued by the 
natives of Africa. 



38 Byerltfs Spelling- Book. 

The Badger. 
The Badger is a native of Europe. Its 
length from nose to tail is two feet six inches, 
and its tail is about six inches long. It has 
small eyes and black legs. It's back and sides 
are of a dingy gray, mixed with black, and its 
legs and feet are very short and strong. It 
sleeps in its hole all day, and feeds only at 
night. 



SECTION VIII. 



Words of three 

A base ment 
ac cu ser 
ad he rent 
a gree ment 
a tone ment 
be hold en 
ca na ry 
co he rent 
com pi ler 
com pli ant 
con fine ment 
con vi val 
de base ment 
de co rum 
de fi ance 
de port ment 
di lu cid 
dis grace ful 
dis po <ral 



syllables, accented on the second. 
dis pu ter pri me val 



dis qui et 
di vi der 
di vine ly 
en a b\e 
en li ven 
en vi ron 
e qua tor 
gre na do 
he ro ic 
ig no ble 
il le gal 
im bold en 
im pru dent 
im pure ly 
in hu man 
mes si ah 
po lite ly 
po ma turn 



pro ce dure 
pro po sal 
re ci tal 
re fu sal 
re li ance 
re pri sal 
re qui tal 
re vi val 
se cure ly 
se date ly 
se du cer 
se vere ly 
sin cere ly 
un e qual 
un e ven 
un feel ing 
un fre quent 
un fro zen 



Byerbfs Spelling-Book. 



39 



The Wolf. 

The Wolf is about three ieet and a half 
long, from the tip of the nose to the end of the 
tail, and about two feet five inches high. His 
colour is a mixture of black, brown, and 
gray, and his hair is very rough and hard. 
The wolf lives mostly in tfie forest, and feeds 
on wild animals, except when very hungry ; 
he will then kill lambs, sheep, and hogs. 



Un grate ful 
un ho ly 
un like ly 
un mind ful 
un qui et 
vi ra go 
a ban don 
a bol ish 
ab surd ly 
a cros tic 
ad mon i&h 
ad van tage 
ad ven ture 
al lot ment 
al ter nate 
a mend ment 
an gel ic 
a pos tate 
a pos tic 
ap par el 
ap pen dlx 
as sem ble 
as sist ant 



as ton ish 
be got ten 
co hab it 
com mit tee 
com pen sate 
Con duct or 
con sid er 
con sist ent 
con tin gent 
con tract or 
de cant er 
de cem ber 
de liri quent 
de liv er 
de mer it 
de mol ish 
de vel op 
di lem ma 
di min ish 
di rect ly 
di rect or 
dis tern per 
dis til ler 



dis tin guish 
di nr nal 
dog mat ic 
do mes tic 
dra mat ic 
e ject ment 
e lev en 
em bar rass 
em bel lish 
em pan nel 
en camp ment 
en cum ber 
e nig ma 
er rat ic 
e's tab lish 
e ter nal 
e vent ful 
hys ter ic 
im bit ter 
im mod est 
immor al 
im prop er 
in ces sant 



40 Bycrltf's Spelling-Book. 

Hear thou, my son, be wise and seek to 
walk in the right way; keep the words of 
truth, and lay up her laws in thy mind. 

Hide them in thy heart, said the wise king, 
for they are as life to those that find them; 
long life and peace shall they add to thee. 

Great is the peace of those who love the 
law of the Lord, and walk in his truth. 



In clem ent 
in con stant 
in cum bent 
I in hab it 
in her it 
in sip id 
in ter nal 
|j in ter pret 
|j in trin sic 
Un val id 
jjiin vent or 
1| mag net ic 
||ma lig nant 
[ mo nas tic 
jjnoc tur nal 
[| pa ter nal 
po et ic 
po lem ic 
pre fer ment 
prog nos tic 
re dund ant 
re fresh ment 
re ful gent 
re lin quish 



re luc tant 
re mem ber 
re ^len ish 
ie pie v in 
re pub lie 
re pug nant 
re sent ment 
re venge ful 
re ver sal 
ro man tic 
sep tern ber 
se ques ter 
spe cif ic 
sub sist ent 
sue cess ful 
sur ren der 
to bac co 
trans cend ent 
trans fig ure 
tri bu nal 
tri um phant 
ty ran nic 
un bid den 
un civ il 



un fit ly 
un fur nish 
un god ly 
un hand y 
un hap py 
un hurt ful 
un just ly 
un luck y 
un sol id 
va nil la 
un com mon 
a larm ing 
co part ner 
em bar go 
in car nate 
re gard less 
un art ful 
ab h&r rence 
ac cord ing 
im mor tal 
im port ant 
in form er 
re form er 
im port ance 



Byerlys Spelling-Book. 41 

The days that are past are gone for ever : 
those that are to come, may not' come to us. 

The present time only is ours; let us there- 
fore improve it as much ns possible. 

Every desire of the heart, every secret 
thought, is known to him who made us. 

How pleasant it is when we lie down at 
night, to reflect that we are at peace with all 
persons ! that we have taken care to perform 
the duties of the day; that our Maker beholds 
and loves us. 



Wfrdsofthr 

Al a mdde 

dev o tee 
dis a gree 
dis en gage 
dis es teem 
dom i neer 
gaz et teer 
im ma tore 
im por tune 
in com mode 
in com plete 
in ter cede 
in ter lope 
in tro duce 
mis ap ply 
mis be have 
o ver rule 
o ver take 



SECTION IX. 

ee syllables, accented on the third. 
rec on cile in ter diet 
in ter mit 
in ter mix 
o ver cast 
o ver run 
o ver turn 
rec ol lect 
rec om mend 
rep re hend 
rep re sent 



ref u gee 
su per fine 
su per sede 
cribe 



su per 

su per vise 

un der mine 

im der rate 

im der take 

vol un teer 

ap pre hend su per add 

car a van un der bid 

cir cum vent 

dis con tent 

dis re spect 

dis pos sess 

in cor.rect 

in di rect 



un der hand 
un der pin 
un der stand 
un der went 
un der sell 
vi o lin 



42 Byerly's Spelling-Book. 

Snow and hail are drops of rain frozen by 
the coldness of the air. 

Raisins are sweet grapes, dried by the sun, 
or in ovens. 

Cotton grows in a pod, on a small tree. 

Muslin,caiico and dimity are made of cotton. 

Ivory is the tusk or teeth of elephants. 

An elephant is the largest of quadrupeds. 

A quadruped is an animal with four legs. 



SECTION X. 



Difficult and 

a/d blow 

mm blu€ 

ddr board 

bail boast 

baft boat 

baize bray 

baste braze 

beach breach 

beak break 



beal 

beam 

bean 

beard 

beast 

beat 

beef 



bright 

brine 

broach 

brogwe 

cam 

chain 

chair 



bleach change 

bleak chaste 

bleat cheap 

bloat cheat 



irregular 

cheek 

cheer 

cheese 

chide 

chief 

chyle 

claim 

clay 

clean 

clear 

cleave 

cloak 

coach 

coal 

creak 

cream 

crease 

creep 

crew 

croak , 



Monosyllables. 
crude fierce 



deaf 

deal 

deuce 

dolt 

dose 

dray 



fives* 

flail 

flay 

flea 

fleam 

fleece 



dream fleet 
each flight 



ear 

ease 

east 

eat 

eaves 

eel 

fear 

feat 

feaze 

field 

fiend 



float 

floor 

flou;n 

flue 

foal 

foam 

fo/ks 

forge 

frail 

fray 

freak 



^ 



r — *■* 


Byerhfs Spellin^ 


<s-Book. 


43 


Seek the Lord in the ds 
Jhe will be found of thee ; 


iYS of thy youth, and 
serve him with all 


thy hea 


ri and wi 


th all th) 


r might. 




He is ever near us my son ; his 


eye is over 


all men 


to do th 


em good, 


and to 


keep them 


from harm. 








Time 


,once past, never returns^ 


the moment 


which is lost, is 


lost for ever. 


. 


freeze 


■grief 


keel 


mail 


neap 


fright 


gripe 


key 


may 


near 


trmt 


groan 


kxmve 


maze 


neat 


gam 


grow 


knee 


mead 


niece 


gait 
igawge 


guide 
guile 


&noll 
know 


meal 
mean 


night 
oaf 


gaze 


guise 
hail 


lade 
lead 


meek 
meet 


oak 
oar 


! gear 


hair 


leaf 


mew 


oats 


geese 


hay 


league 


mewl 


pea 


(gleam 
glean 


haze 
heal 


lean 
leap 


mien 
might 


plague 
plaint 


globe 


heap 


lease 


moan 


play 


glow 


hear 


least 


moat 


plea 


glue 
'goad 


heat 
heave 


leech 
Kef 


mould 
moult 


plead 
plight 


igoat 


heed 


h'ege 


mourn 


poach 


| ghost 


height 


lieu 


mule 


prate 


\ gram 


here 


light 


muse 


preach 


grange 
g ra y 


hie 
hoard 


load 
loaf 


nail 
nake 


priest 
prose 


grease 

great 

greaves 


hose 

huge 

jole 


loan 
lyre 
maid 


nay 
neaf 

neal 


prime 

puke 

quaint 



44 


Byerljfs Spellin 


g-£ook. 






The 


Wasp and the Bee, 








A FABLE 






A Wasp met 
can you tell me 


a Bee, and said to him, Pray 
what is the reason that men 


i are so cruel to i 


me, while they are 


so fond of' 


you? We are both very much alike, only that 
the broad golden rings about my body make 


me much handsomer than you ar 


e : we are 


both winged ins 


ects, we both love I 


loney, and 


iqueer 


seal 


so#p 


steal 


toad 


'quite 


seam 


soar 


steam 


toast 


[quote 


sear 


soul 


stove 


trail 


rail 


seat 


SOlO 


straight 


train 


raise 


seek 


spare 


strain 


trait 


range 


shave 


spay * 


strange 


twain 


1 reach 


sheaf 


speak 


stray 


twine 


re d 


shear 


spear 


streak 


vague 


re^'p 
rear 


shoal 
shriek 


speech 
speed 


stream. 
street 


rogue 
weal 


! rhyme 


siege 


spice 


stroi/ 


wean 


; right 


sigh 


spine 


style 


weave 


.roach 


sight 


spleen 


swain 


weed 


'row 
samt 
scale 


size 

sleep 

sleet 


sport 

spruce 

spume 


sway 

swear 
sweet 


weep 

wheat 

wheeze 


scape 

scarce 


sleeve 
slinie 


square 
squeak 


tail 

taint 


when 
wise 


score 


snake 


squeal 


teach 


woad 


scrape 


sneak 


squeeze 


teague 


OTeak 


scream 

screech 

screw 


sneer 
snipe 

snow 


squire 

state 

stay 


team 
tease 
thyme 


year 
yore 
zeal 













1 


I$yerly*s opelling-Book. 


45 


• we both sting people when we are angry; yet 


men always hate me, i 


ind try 


to kill me, 


though I am much more 


j familiar with them 


than you are, and pay 


them visits in their 


houses, and at their tea-table, and at all their 


meals ; 


while you 


l are very shy, and 


hardly ever 


come near them; yet they build you fine 


houses 


covered 


with straw, and take care of 


i asp 


clanch 


fetch 


guild 


link 


badge 


clash 


fidge 


gurge 


live 


bask 


class 


filch 


hatch 


lodge 


belch 


cleanse 


film 


have 


lurch * 


bilge 


cteft 


firm 


head 


lungs 


bilk 


cliff 


fitch 


heft 


lurk 


blanch 


craft 


fledge 


helm 


lynx 


blurt 


cramp 


flesh 


hence 


mash 


bo/ch 


crump 


flinch 


/ierb 


match 


branch 


curb 


flitch 


hulk 


mess 


breast 


dead 


fosse 


hump 


midst 


bridge 


dense 


frank 


hunks, 


minx 


bronse 


draft 


fresh 


jerk 


mull 


buzz 


dread 


frill 


inch 


muff 


chaff 


drench 


fringe 


kick 


mush 


chance 


dum6 


frisk 


£nap 


myrrh 


chasm 


dunce 


frock 


£nob 


nerve 


chill 


durst 


glance 


lam6 


next 


chirp 


earl 


gland 


lax 


num6 


chap 


earn 


grasp 


learn 


nurse 


chub 


edge 


grim 


ledge 


nymph 


chuff 


etch 


grist 


lens 


pack 


church 


fadge 


guess 


lim& 


pang 


clack 


fern 


guest 


limp 


pearl 













46 


Byerly*s Spelling-Book. 




and feed you in the winter very often : I won- | 


der what is the 


reason. 


The Bee said, be- 


cause you never 


do them 


any good, but you 


are very trouble 


some, and always 


doing mis- 


chief; therefore 


they do not like to see you; 


but they know that I am 1 


>usy all day long in 


making 


them honey. You had 1 


3etter pay 


them fewer visits and try 


to be useful. 


phlegm 


smack 


wreck 


gnaw 


carve 


pinch 


sniff 


wrench 


laud 


charm 


pitch 


snuff 


wrist 


lawn 


daunt 


plump 


splint 


wrong 


maul 


farce 


plunge 


spunge 


yelp 


naught 


gaunt 


potfge 


spunk 


zinc 


pawn 


guard 


prance 


stamp 


hwe 


qua/m 


half 


prank 


sylph 


bald 


salt 


haunch 


! prompt 


tench 


ba/k 


scald 


haunt 


purge 


touch 


broad 


spawl 


laugh 


purse 


tough 


ca/k 


spawn 


launch 


quack 


trance 


caught 


sought 


march 


realm 


trench 


chalk 


sta/k 


marl 


scalp 


trough 


crawl 


talk 


marsh 


scant 


trunk 


craw 


taught 


parch 


! serge 


twist 


brought 


vault 


sa/ve 


serve 


verse 


daub 


warp 


scarf 


shall 


whelm 


drawl 


yawl 


scarp 


j shrug 


which 


false 


yawn 


shark 


since 


whig 


fault 


Irch 


taunt 


singe 


whim 


fawn 


arms 


yarn 


skiff 


whirl 


fraud 


ca/f 


bl6om 


slack 


whiz 


fraught 


ca/m 


boom 


slink 


witch 


gauze 


ca/ve 


doom 



Byerhjs Spelling-Book. 47 

Nobody that is able to work should be idle. 
Learn something useful every day. 
When you read or speak, pronounce every 
word distinctly. 

Be kind and obliging to every body. 
Let all your amusements be innocent. , 
Never disagree with your playmates. 



fool 

goose 

hoot 

loof 

lose 

loose 

moor 

nook 

noose 

ooze 

poor 

room 

move 

prove 

root 

too 

whom 

wom6 

b6rn 

corn 

fork 

form 

gorge 

b6ok 



foot 

hood 

stood 

took 

bbmb 

come 

done 

dove 

love 

monk 

shove 

won 

ton 

sir 

bird 

squirt 

quash 

wan 

want 

was 

wasp 

watch 

wharf 

what 



Mir 

trey 

sley 

prey 

weigh 

eigh 

weigh 

rem 

vem 

feign 

deign 

reign 

eight 

freight 

streight 

femt 

veil 

oi oy 

broil 

boil 

coy 

cloy 

choice 

coif 



foil 

groin 

join 

j°y 

moist 

oil 

point 

spoil 

soil 

voice 

noise 

on ow 

mow 

stout 

trout 

pout 

dou&t 

bout 

sour 

rout 

drown 

crown 

brown 

frown 



clown 

town 

house 

louse 

mouse 

douse 

browse 

spouse 

drowse 

crowd 

shroud 

bound 

hound 

round 

ground 

foul 

scowl 

growl 

bounce 

pounce 

flounce 

couch 

vouch 

gouge 



48 



Byerly^s Spelling-Book. 
The Elephant. 




The Elephant is seen from seven to fifteen 
feet high, and seems at first view to be scarcely 
alive. Its body is very large, and covered with 
a rough skin, without any hair. The eyes of 
this animal are very small, and it has very 
large ears which hang down by the side of its 
eyes. The Elephant has a long snout or trunk, 
which is hollow like a pipe, and has two nos- 
trils at the end like those of a hog. This trunk 
is capable of being moved in any direction, 
and it has a finger on the end with which it 
can pick up a pin, untie the knots of a rope, 
unlock a door, and even write with a pen. 

The following have the first sound of th, as in 
think. 



Bldwth forth 
both growth 
doth fauh 



heath ruth threw 
oath teeth theme 
quoth thane thrice 













Byerlifs Speliin 


(r-Book. 


49 


The farmer takes his wheat to the mill, and 


the miller grinds it into flour, and then it is 


baked 


into bread and biscuit, and so good 


children are fed. Corn 


is taken to the mill 


and ground into meal, and then ] 


nade into 


mush. 


Beans and peas grow in the garden; 


apples, 


pears, and peaches grow r 


on trees; 


turnips 


and beets grow 


in the ground, and 


nuts grow on trees. 






Thrive 


health thick 


thum& 


path 


throne 


frith think 


thump 


wrath 


throw 


length thong 


tilth 


thr&ugh 


throat 


cloth thrash 


thaw 


tooth 


thigh 


moth thread 


.thought 


n6rth 


thief 


froth threat* 


thrall 


thorn 


three 


depth thrift 


thwart 


third 


truth 


breadth thrill 


swarth 


thirst 


youth 


plinth throb 


warmth 


month 


breath 


smith throng 


bSth 


worth 


dearth 


strength thrum 


hath 


on oro 


death 


thank ,thrush 


hearth 


mouth 


earth 


theft thrust 


lath 


south 


The following have the second sound 


of th, viz. 




as in thou. 




Bkthe 


meethe seeth 


then 


though 


clothe 


these wreath 


thence 




breathe 


thee thy 


this 


they 


blithe 


thine than 


bdoth 


there 


lathe 


those that 


smooth 


ou 


loathe 


tithe them 


sooth 


thou 

_ j 




E 







50 



Byerly^s Spelling-Book. 



The fear of the Lord is the beginning of 
wisdom. 

My son, hear the words of thy father, and 
forsake not the law of thy mother. 

Let not mercy and truth forsake thee; bind 
them about thy neck ; write them upon the 
table of thy heart. 

So shalt thou find favour and good-will in 
the sight of God and man. 



SECTION XL 

Words of two syllables, accented on the first. 

A ble bride well cy prus 

a ere bnef ly daz ly 

a pron bright en dam ty 
bea gle bright ness dae ry 
beard ed bru tal Am sy 
beard less buy er day break 



beast ly 

beat en 

bea ver 

beau ty 

bible 

bla zon 

blind ness child ish 

bol ster cho sen 

bow sprit clear ly 

brace let cleav er 

boat swain cli mate 

brave ly coarse ly 

bra zen co coa 

bride cake cro ny 



ear wig 
eas ter 
east ward 
ea sy 
eye ball 
eye brow 
ca blc dea con eye sight 

case merit deal ing fail ing 
cheap en deaf ness famt ing 
cheap ness dear ly fazr ly 
cheerful doleful famous 
child hood dream er fear ful 
drea ry fea ture 
dri ver fierce ly 
du el fierce ness 

du ty fla grant 

dy ing foe tus 
ea ger fore sight 
ea gle free stone 

ea glet fri da^ 



Byertys Spelling-Book. 51 

Trust in the Lord with all thy heart, and 
depend not on thine own self. 

Be not wise in thine own eyes ; fear the 
Lord and depart from evil. 

Honour the Lord with thy substance, and 
with the first fruits of all thy increase. 

So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and 
thy presses shall burst out with new wine. 



Frightful 
ga ble 
gam ful 
game some 
gew gaw 
gla ring 
glean ing 
gno mon 
grace ful 
grea sy 
gnev ous 
g'/ile ful 
ha/I stone 
height en 
he ro 
high land 
high ly 
high way 
hind most 
hoarhound 
hoa ry 
hoarse ness 
holy 
home ward 



jail er 
game ster 
i tern 
juice less 

&na vish 
lay man 
lean ness 
light foot 
Ii ning 
li vre 

load stone 
lo cust 
lone some 
lu ere 
maid en 
mam mast 
mam sail 
mean ing 
mean ness 
mea zles 
me tre 
migh ty 
mi ser 



mot/Id er 
mould ing 
moid dy 
mourn ful 
most ly 
mu cous 
near ly 
neat ness 
nee die 
ne gro 
neu ter 
night mare 
ni tre 
ni trous 
no ble 
nose -gay 
no tice 
oat meal 
o dour 
pam ful 
paint er 
pamt ing 
pay ment 
peace ful 



pea cock 
pea hen 
pe tre 
phi al 
pi lot 
pi ous 
pi per 
pi rate 
plain ly 
plain ness 
play ful 
play house 
plead ing 
plei ads 
poach er 
po ker 
pole cat 
pole star 
port age 
posy V 
prais er 
pray er 
preach er 
priest hood 



52 Byerlifs Spelling- Book. 

Boast not thyself of to-morrow, for thou 
knowest not what a day may bring forth. 

Let another man praise thee, and not thine 
own mouth ; a strangeiv and not thine own 
lips. 

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the 
kisses of an enemy are deceitful. 

Open rebuke is better than secret love. 



Pro bate 


sera per 


queer ly 


screech owl 


qui et 
rai ment 
ram how 


scru pie 
sea port 
seam less 


ra^ ny 


sea son 


rare ly 


seed time 


read ing 


seiz ure 


reap er 


se quel 


rea son 


-se rum 


re gent 


shear er 


rifle 
rig-M ty- 
ro giiish 


sheep ish 
she kel 
side board 


ru by 


sight less 


rue ful 


si phon 


ru mour 
sa ble 


sky light 
slow ly 


sa bre 


sneak ing 


sail or 

sa vour 


snow drop 
sol dier 


say ing 
sei ence 
s.ri on 


speak er 
speed y 
spite ful 



sprint ly 
states man 
stew ard 
sti fle 

straight en 
stream er 
suit or 
ta ble 
tai lor 
taint less 
tame ly 
teach er 
teem less 
tight en 
ti gress 
ti tie 
trai tor 
trea son 
trea tise 
treat ment 
trea ty 
twee die 
twi light 
u sance 



u s&ge 
vam ly 
vi per 
vo cal 
wait er 
waste ful 
weak en 
wea ry 
wea se\ 
weav er 
wee vil 
wheel wright 
whole some 
wain scot 
wind ing 
wo ful 
wo ven 
wri ter 
year ly 
yeo man 
ab bess 
ab hey 
ab bot 
ab seess 



•Book. 



53 



Eyeries Spclli 

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom; for 
the ways of wisdom and virtue are all plea- 
sant, and lead to life and peace; but they that 
hate wisdom and truth, walk in the paths of 
darkness which lead to death. 

Therefore love wisdom and pursue the 
paths of virtue and peace, so shall glory and 
safety be thy reward. 



Ab sence 
ac cent 
ac rid 
al ley 
a/m ond 
al ocs 
am pie 
anch or 
an gle 
an gry 
an kle 
an swer 
ash es 
BBth ma 
ax is 
ax le 
bab ble 
baffle 
bat tie 
bel lows 
blem ish 
blockhead 
bios som 
blud geon 



bot tie 
breast plate 
brick kib* 
brin die 
bris ket 
bris tie 
brit tie 
buc kle 
bucTg et 
buffet 
bug bear 
bun die 
bus tie 
bux om 
buz zard 
cac kle 
cal lous 
cal low 
cam let 
cam phire 
can die 
cap tain 
cap tive 
car rot 



cat mint 
cat tie 
cen tre 
cer tain 
chim ney 
chis el 
chuc kle 
churl ish 
cir cle 
cir cuit 
cir cus 
clam our 
cock ney 
coc kle 
col lege 
col umn 
com ma 
com merce 
com plex 
con cord 
cot tage 
coun try 
cox com6 
crac kle 



crev ice 
crib bage 
crim pie 
crip pie 
cro/ch et 
crum ble 
cudg el 
cur die 
dam sel 
dam son 
dan die 
dan druff 
dan gle 
dead ly 
des ert 
des pot 
debt or 
die tate 
dim pie 
dis mal 
dis taff.; 
dis tance 
dis trict 
dol phin 



E 2. 



54 Byerlifs Spelling-Book. 

Make much of time while time you have, 
If you desire your souls to save; 
On swiftest wings it flies away, 
And will not for the monarch stay: 
Therefore the present hour improve, 
In deeds of mercy and of love ; 
Do good to all while here below, 
And God on you will good bestow. 



Don ble 
dread ful 
due tile 
dump ling 
dun geon 
dwell ing 
dwin die 
earl dom 
ear ly 
ear nest 
ec logue 
el hoiv 
em met 



em 


pi re 


em 


pty ■ 


en 


gine 


en 
en 


sign 
ter 


en 


trails 


ev 


er 


fam ine 


f\n 
far 


l cy ' 

VOID 


fel 


\ow 



fes the 
fie kle 
fi^/g et 
fiddle 

fol \0W 

frus trate 
fur lough 
fur nace 
fur YQIV 
gab ble 
gal lows 
gam ble 
gang way 
g/iast ly 
gib lets 
gin gle 
glan ders 
gob ble 
grand eur 
.grum ble 
gudg eon 
guilt, less 
gt/ilt y 
glim ea 



guz zle 
hac kle 
hack ney 
hag gle 
han die 
hand maid 
hand sel 
hand some 
ha/ch et 
head ache 
head y 
head land 
heav en 
heav y 
hedge hog 
he^f er 
hang man 
herh age 
hoi low 
hon est 
hon oxjly 
hud die 
km ble 
hys sop 



jan gle 
jeal ous 
im age 
in come 
injure 
in stance 
in ward 
joe und 
jog gle 
isth mus 
juc/g ment 
kin # dle 
kins man 
ki/ch en 
&nap sack 
knowl edge 
knuc kle 
Ian guor 
la/ch et 
lat ten 
lat tice 
lawgh ter 
lead en 
learn ing 



Byerlyh Spelling-Book. 

The fear of God will make thee wise, 
Through ail thy mortal life; 

It will keep thy heart from every vice, 
And keep thy hands from strife. 

The love of 'God will make thee love 
Thy brother and thy friend ; 

Will make thee seek for peace above, 
And joy that has no end. 



■Leaven 
lee ture 
li quid 
li quor 
lock et 
lodg ing 
lunch eon 
his tre 
lus ty 
fore head 
for eign 
mag net 
mal low 
man gle 
mar r/age 
mar row 
mas tiff 
match less 
max im 
mead ow 
med die 
mel loio 
met tie 
mid die 



min gle 
mix ture 
mis chief 
mud die 
muf fie 
mum ble 
mun grel 
mus cle 
mus lin 
muz ^le 
myr tie 
ner vous 
net tl? 
nib ble 
nim ble 
nip pers 
nod die 
office 
ol ive 
pad die 
pen ance 
per feet 
phy? ic 
pic kle 



pirn pie 
pin cers 
pin Dace 
pleas ure 
pon der 
prat tie 
pi el ude 
prk en 
prom ise 
pros per 
pros trate 
pleas ant 
peas ant 
pup pet 
pur chase 
pur pose 
puz zh ' 

pyg m J 

quib ble 
quia sy 
rab ble 
ram ble 
ran co.ur 
rat tie 



read y 
ref uge 
rich es 
rid die 
run net 
sal ver 
san guine 
scaf fold 
seen ic 
seep tre 
scis sors 
scrib ble 
ser vice 
ser vile 
shab by 
shad oiv 
shal loiv 
sham bles 
ship wreck 
sic kle 
skim mer 
slug gard 
smug gler 
sntif iev$ 



56 Byerly^s Spelling-Book. 

This life will soon be at an end; consider 
therefore how thy affairs stand as to the next. 

Man is here to-day, to-morrow he is gone. 
When he is out of sight he is soon forgotten 

Thou shouldst so order thyself in all thy 
thoughts and all thy actions, as if thou wert 
to die to-day. 

It is better to avoid sin than to fly from 
death. 



Sol ace 
sol emn 
spar row 
spec tre_ 
splut ter 
spec kle 
spun gy 
stag ger 
stead fast 
stead y 
stiffness 
stig ma 
stock ing 
strag gle 
strad die 
strict ly 
strin gent 
strong ly 
stum ble 
sulj tile 
sue cour 
suf frage 
sur feit 



sur geon 
swag ger 
sweat y 
syl Van 
sym bol 
symp torn 
tal ent 
tal low 
tally 
tan sy 
tempt er 
ten drill 
ter race 
tine ture 
top knot 
touchstone 
track less 
tran quil 
tran script 
trans port 
trav erse 
trea die 
treas ure 



trench er 
tres pass 
trib ute 
trig ger 
trim ming 
trol lop 
trou ble 
true kle 
turn bier 
tur key 
turn coat 
turn stile 
tur tie 
twen ty 
typ ic 
um brage 
urn pire 
up most 
up right 
val ley 
val ue 
vas sal 
vast ly 



yen gean.ee 
ven ture 
ver diet 
ver dure 
ver jmce 
ver tex 
ve ry 
vest ment 
ves- try 
ves ture 
vie ar 
vie tor 
viet uals 
vil lage 
vil lain 
vine yard 
vin tage 
vintner 
vir gin 
vir tue 
vis age 
vis it 
viv id 



Byerly\s bpelluig-Book. 57 

When it is morning, think thou mayst die 
before night 

Many die suddenly, and when they look not 
for it ; for in such an hour as you think not, 
the Son of man cometh. 

When that last hour shall come, thou wilt 
have a very different opinion of thy whole life. 

Seek therefore so to live that you may not 
fear to die. 



Vol ume 
vom it 
vul ture 
wag gish 
waggle 
wax en 
weap on 
wher ry 

Willi lie 

whim per 
whirl pool 
whirl wind 
whis ker 
whis per 
wil der 
wil ful 
wil Iom; 
wim ble 
wim pic 
win dow 
win now 
wis dom 
wit ty 



wiz ard 
^tfran gle 
wrap per 
wres tie 
wretch ed 
wrin Ids 
wrist band 
wrong ful 
yel low 
young ster 
zeal ot 
zeal ous 
zeph yr 
al most 
al so 
al ter 
aw burn 
aw dit 
aw ger 
aw gust 
aw tumn 
aw ful 
awk ward 



bald ness 
bal sam 
baw ble 
braw ny 
call ing 
cause less 
ca?/s tic 
craw fish 
dmigh ter 
draw back 
false hood 
fal ter 
fa wit less 
fawlt y 
ga?* dy 
hal ter 
law ful 
law yer 
nmigh ty 
pal sj 
pal try 
paw per 
quad rant 



salt er 
salt ness 
saw cer 
saw sage 
saw dust 
saw yer 
slough tef 
taw dry y 

taW iiy 

vatmt ful 
wal nut 
war ble 
war den 
ward robe 
war fare 
war like 
warm ing 
wa ter 
yawn ing 
ar hour 
arc tic 
ar gent 
ar £ue 



5<i Byerlys spelling- Book. 

The Good Boy. 

A good boy always minds what his father 
and mother say to him, and tries to please 
them. 

He loves his little brothers and sisters, and 
does not quarrel with them, nor call ill names. 

If his parents tell him to do a thing, he does 
it cheerfully; and if they desire him not to do 
a thing, he does not do it, for he thinks they 
know better than he does. 

Ar mour sar dine who so short en 
bar gain tar dy bor der short ly 
bar ley bldom ing cord age tor por 
bas tard boo by cor nice tor toise 
car nage boo ty dor mouse vor tex 
dark some bo som fork ed book ish 
daunt less cool er for tune foot ball 
gar bage cool ness for ty foot man 

gar gle dooms day for ward foot pace 
jas per droop ing gor geous foot pad 
lar board fool ish horn pipe foot step 
mar ble gloom y horse man good ly 
marks man loose ness mor ah? good ness 
mar tyr mood y mor phew hood wink 
mar vel moon light mor/ gage wood cock 
par boil moor ish mor tise wood land 
par eel mov ing or bit wool len 

parch mentnoo die orch ard bull dog 
parlour noon tide or der bul let 
part let noon day or gan bul lock 
par tridge poor ly or phan bul ly 
par easm soo ty por pus bul rush 



Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 59 

When he goes to school he loves his teach- 
ers, and thinks how kind they are to instruct 
him. He does not play in school, nor make a 
noise, but tries to learn, so that if he should 
live to be a man, he may be wise and good, 
He never tells a lie, nor departs from the 
truth. He loves to read in the Bible and other 
good books, and to hear other people read in 
them. 



Bui wark 
bush el 
bush y 
bu/ch er 
ful ler 
ful ness 
pul let 
pul ley 
push ing 
su gar 
bird lime 
blood shot 
blood y 
bom bast 
col our 
come ly 
com fort 
com pass 
com rade 
con jure 
cov er 
cov et 
dove tazl 



flood gate 
gov ern 
Ron ey 
love ly 
lov er 
mon ey 
mon grel 
monk ey 
plov er 
pom mel 
rom age 
shov el 
slov en ; 
sir up 
won der 
won drous 
work man 
worm y 
wor ry 
wor ship 
w&d die 
wal let 
wal low 



wan der 
wan ton 
war rant 
war ren 
wash ball 
wasp ish 
watch ful 



join ture 
joy ful 
joy less 
joy ous 
loi ter 
loy al 
moist ure 



watch man noi ance 
wharfage noi some 
weigh ty noi sy 
weight less oint ment 
where fore oys ter 
hei nous_ poig* nant 
heir ess point ed 
neigh hour poi son 
roy al 
toil et 
toil some 
toy ish 
voy age 



ot oy 

boil er 
boy ish 
clois ter 
coy ness 
hoi den 
join er 
joint ly 



bound less 
boun ty 



W0 Byerlxfs Spelling-Book. 

The Rhinoceros* 




The Rhinoceros is a native of Asia and 
Africa. He is found about twelve feet long 
from the tip of his nose to the end of his tail, 
and about eight feet high. He has a horn 
about three feet long which grows out of his 
snout, and pointed very sharp. His ears are 
large, erect, and sharp, and his eyes small and 
piercing. The skin is naked, rough, and thick, 
and very hard, of a brown colour, and lies 
upon the body in fblds^ in a very curious man- 
ner. His legs are short, strong, and thick, 
and the hoofs are divided into three parts, 
each pointing forward. 

Bow eta coun ter dough ty down ward 
bow er coun ty dow er dow ry 
brow benrt cow ard dow las drow sy 
cloud y cow slip down cast foul ness 
clown ish doufa ful down fall foun der 
coun se] cTotiit less down vi^hi found !i £ 



■■ 



Eyeries Spelling-Book. 61 

Foun tain moun tain prow ess sour ness 

fowl er out cast round ly sow ins 

ground less out line round ness spous al 

Aour ly out most row el tow el 

house top out rage show er tow er 

hous ing out ward sound ing town ship 

lout ish pow er sound ly towns man 

low er proud ly sound ness trow sers 

The first sound of th, viz. as in think, thin. 

E ther earth ly diph thong wrath less 

faith ful earth y thick et ku thor 

faithless ethics thickness hawthorn 

fourth ly fifth ly thim \Ae swar thy 

gold smith froth y thin ly thought ful 

loath some meth od this tie nfirth ward 

ruth less path less thresh er month ly 

sloth ful pith y thread bare mirth less 

th/ev ish sev enth threat en thir ty 
youth ful strength en thrift less thor ough 

ze nith tenth ly thrif ty worth less 

kn them thank ful thun der 

breath less thank less thurs day south ward 

earth en thatch er wealth y thou sand 

The second sound of th, as in this. 

Hea then leath er wheth er poth er 

ei ther rath er whith er wor thy 

nei ther with er fSth er therefore 

fdr ther neth er f&th om 

OU OTO 

gath er teth er north ern south ing j 
hith er thith er broth er south ern - 
lath er r ; weath er moth er 



i 



62 



Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 
The Dromedary. 




The Dromedary is a native of Arabia. It 
is one of the most useful beasts in that part of 
the world. The dromedary is from five to six 
feet high, is capable of carrying six or seven 
hundred pounds weight, and can travel two 
days without eating, and a much longer time 
without drink. 



In the following words, 
Ld tion ac tion 



mo tion 
na tion 
no tion 
o cean 
pa tient 
po tion 
por tion 
spa cious 
spe cies 
sta tion 



cap tious 
ces sion 
die tion 
fac tion 
fac tious 
fie tion 
fie tious 
flex ion 
flux ion 
frac tion 



ti, ci, and si, 

fric tion 
func tion 
hal cyon 
lus cious 
men tion 
man sion 
pen sion 
pas sion 
nup tial 
pre cious 
op tion 



sound like sh. 

sane tion 
sec tion 
spe cial 
ten sion 
unc tion 
vi cious 
ver sion 
hue tion 
caw tion 
ca?/ tious 
par tial 



Byerly^s Spelling-Book. 
The Bad Bov. 



63 



A bad boy will not mind what his parents 
say to him, nor try to please them. 

He does not love his brothers and sisters^ 
but quarrels with them, and strives to vex and 
hurt them. 

He strjves to hurt and vex his playmates, 
and kicks and beats all the little boys and 
girls he meets with. 



SECTION XII. 

Words of two syllables y accented on the second. 



Ab dice 
ab jure 
ab stam 
ab struse 
a hxxse « 
ac cede 
a cute 
a d/eu 
af fray 
af fuse 
al hide 
ap peal 
ap pear 
ap pease 
ap ply 
ap pram 
ap prize 
ap proach 



a rise 
ar raign 
ar ray 
ar rear 
ar rive 
as cribe 
a shore 
as sign 
as suage 
a stray 
at tarn 
a vail 
a wait 
a wake 
a wry 
be km; 
be moan 
be ni#n 



con strain 
con strii£ 
con tarn 
ere ate 
de cay 



be nig-M 

be speak 

be stow 

be tween 

be wail 

blasphemede cea 

block ade de ce/t 

bo hea 

bro cade 

cal cine 

cock ade 

co here 



de ceive 

de cide 
de claim 
de crease 
de feat 



com plam de fy 
con ceal de grade 



con ceit 
con ceive 
con dign 
con geol 



de gree 
de lay 
de light 
de mean 



64 Byerlys Spelling-Book. 

When he goes to school, he does not mind 
what his teacher tells him, but makes a noise, 
and does not mind his book, but tells lies and 
cheats at play. 

When he finds a bird's nest, he takes the 
eggs and breaks them, or kills the young birds ; 
and he is very cruel to all dumb animals, and 
always tries to kick and beat them. 

Every body that knows this bad boy, tries 
to shun him, and nobody likes him, because 
he is wicked and cruel. 



De ny 
de range 
de sign 
de tail 
de tarn 
de vise 
dis claim 
dis close 
dis creet 
dis dam 
dis ease 
dis guise 
dis may 
4is own 
dis place 
dis play 
dis please 
e lope 
en close 
en croach 
en dear 



en gross 
en rol 
en sue 
es py 
es quire 
es teem 
ex ceed 
ex cise 
ex cite 
ex claim 
ex elude 
ex cuse 
ex plain 
ex treme 
for sake 
gen teel 
glo bose 
im peach 
im pug-n 
in diet 
in hale 



in hold 
in sane 
in scribe 
in shrine 
in twine 
jo cose 
mam tarn 
ma ligTi 
ma nure 
mis lead 
mis use 
mo rose 
o blige 
ob scure 
ob tarn * 
op pugn 
or dam 
out brave 
out break 
out grow 
out leap 



out prize 
out speak 
out vie 
par ade 
par take 
per fuse 
per suade 
p*r tarn 
pe ruse 
pre cede 
pre elude 
pre scribe 
pre vail 
pro claim 
pro cure 
pro pose 
pro vide 
pro rogue 
re bate 
re ceipt 
re ceive 











Bycrly's Spelling-Book. 


65 1 




Against Fighting. 




Let do 


gs delight to bark and bite, 


For 


this they mostly do ; 




Let bears and lions gjrowl and fight r 


For 


God has made them so 




But children you should never let 


Such angry passions rise; 




Your little hands were never 


made 


To tear each others eyes. 




Re cite 


tra duce be twist 


e no ugh 


re cla/m 


tran scribe be wi/ch 


ex punge 


re course 


un chaste con cur 


ex tract 


re deem 


un close con demn 


for give 


re fine 


un seal con dense 


for got 


re fra/n 


un tic con tenia 


ga zette 


re lease 


un true con tempt 


gro tesqwe 


re Keve 


up braid con tend 


har angwe 


re ly 


up raise con tent 


ja pan 


re mam 


ac cent co quette 


im mense 


re pa^r 


ad diet era vat 


im merge 


re pay 


ad journ i ject 


im merse 


re peal 


a me' pict 


im pearl 


re peat 


as r press 


im press 


re pr/eve 


a? ;erve 


in dulge 


re sign 


a cern 


in flict 


re st.ram 


perse 


in fringe 


re tain 


ciS sisi dis serve 


ob serve 


re treat 


at tract dis solve 


out give 


re veal 


aug ment dis tihet 


per verse 


re vise 


a venge dis tract 


pre serve 


jj sub scribe be fnend dis tress 


pro pens^ 


sur prise 


be head e lect 


quad ril/e I 




■S? O 





tils sou 






•33 


re c 


quest 


re i 


T \^!i 


a 1 



child. 



















b 






lg 




a 


c 








\oe 













I VS. 




clli 


1 


re proot 


ap point 




re Drove 


a void' 




illi d@ • 


de coy 




un I00S5 


de stroy 


rt 


ab h6r 


de void 


- 


ab sorpt 


em broil 




ac cord 


" en join 




a dorn 


en 






pur I pin 


ns 


_ lorm 


re joice 



\ IOCK 


re g 


oe pur ipin 


|| where fc> 


:._ 


rin rejoice 


re tard 


iB ifo 


•ere by 


a 16of 


re cord a bouild 


oroad 


ap prove 


trans form a bout 


1 ap plated 


ba boon 


a bove ac count 







i>1 








you know 


i 


V 




Ip ; and he 








knt>y 


s to be i 




strong, 













i po? 



,1/ 



le spouse 

ex pound redound 
pronounce re riounce un sound 
pro pound re sound un crown 



TION XIII. 



ous _ 

'di a phragm 

;t ism. 
en lo py 
lea s\ hie 
forci.b'lc 
fre quen cy 
fruit er er 
ill gi tiv6 
fti-ri ous 



1J 1 7 

lUabks 



gree di-Iy 
griev ous ly: 
gro ce tj 
ho li ness 
jew el ler 
ju ni per 
ju ve nik. 
li on ess 
lu era live 
■lu di crous 



/ on the first 

lu mi nous 

33 me ie or 
mu si cal -l 
foaTe ry 
; night in g : 
n n mev ous 
o di ous 
o di .urn 
o pi.um 
o ver board 
o ver plus 
pa gan ism 



68 Byer^s I U lejli) >g -Book. 

There are five states oi human life; infancy, 
childhood, youth, manhood, and old age. The 
infant is helpless ; he is nourished with milk 
When he has teeth, he ^begins to eat bread, 
meat, and fruit, and is very fond of cakes and 
plums. The little boy chooses some play 
thing that will make a noise, a hammer, a 
stick, or a whip. The little girl loves her doll 
and learns to dress it. She chooses a closet 
for her baby-house, where she places her 
doll in a little chair, by the side of a table 
set out with tea-cups, as big as a thimble. 



Peace a ble 
pieu ri sy 
pre vi ous 
pri vate ly 
qui et ly 
qui e tude 
re al ize 
ri ot ous 
rheu ma tism 
ru in ous 
ru mi nate 
sa vo ry 
scru pu lous 
se ri ous 
su i cide 
su t a ble 
te.' ch a ble 
te di ous 
u ni verse 
use fill ness 



u su al 
u^u ry 
va ri ous 
wea ri some 
zo di ac 
ab la tive 
ab ro gate 
ab sti nence 
ad jec tive 
af flu ence 
af ter ward 
ag gra vate 
ag o nize 
al chym ist 
al ge bra 
am nes ty 
am or ous 
an a gram 
an a lyze 
an ces try 



an gu lar 
an i mate 
an o dyne 
an te lope 
an ti quate 
ap pe tite 
ap ti tude 
ar e fy 
ar ro gance 
at mos phere 
at tri bute 
av er age 
av e nue 
bank rupt cy 
bat tie door 
bat tie ment 
bel a mie 
bev er age 
bil let doux 
bias phe mous 



Bycrlifs Spelling-Book, 



69 



The farmer plows up the ground and raises 
wheat, rye, and corn ; the mason builds stone 
walls ; the carpenter works in wood, and 
builds houses; the joiner makes drawers, 
bureaus, and tables; the shoemaker makes 
shoes and boots ; the weaver weaves linen, 
muslin, calico, and cloth; the blacksmith 
works in iron, and makes horseshoes and 
chains; the whitesmith makes knives, forks, 
and razors. 



Bias phe my 
blun der buss 
brev i ty 
cal cu lous 
cal li pers 
cal um ny 
can die stick 
can on ize 
cap ri corn 
cap ti vate 
car a waj/ 
cas u al 
cat a comb 
cat a logue 
cat a ract 
cav i ty 
eel e brate 
cer tain ly 
chan ce ry 
char i ty 
cir cu lar 
cir cum spect 



civ il ize 
clam or ous 
cod i cil 
cog ni zance 
col lo quy 
col o ny 
com e dy 
com i cal 
com mon er 
com pe tent 
com pro mise 
con cu bine 
con fi dence 
con ic al 
con ju gal 
con ju gate 
con quer or 
con se crate 
con se quence 
con so nant 
con tra ry 
con stan cy 



con sti tute 
cor di al 
crit i eism 
crock e ry 
croc o dile 
del i cate 
del e gate 
dem o crat 
der o gate 
dil i gence 
dog ma tize 
el e gance 
el e phant 
el o quence 
em i nence 
em u lous 
en er gy 
en vi ous ; 
ep i logue 
ep i taph 
es ti mate 
ex eel lence 



70' 



ByeHy\s 



Spelling-Book, 

The tailor makes clothes ; the tanner tans 
leather; the miller grinds wheat and corn; the 
printer prints books ; the potter makes pots 
and dishes ; the silversmith makes spoons, the 
nailer makes nails ; the painter paints houses 
and signs; the merchant sells sugar, and coi- 
fee, and tea, and salt, and silk, and calico, and 
cloth, and thread; and a great many other 
things. Powder- is made at a mill; shot is 
made out of lead. 



Ex e crate 
ex er cise 
ex i gence 
ex o dus 
ex pe dite 
ex pi ate 
fab u lous 
fallible 
flat ter y 
fret ful ness 
frol ic some 
gen e rate 
gen e sis 
gen tie ness 
gen u ine 
g&ast li ness 
glob u lar 
grad u ate 
gran a ry 
gratify 
grat i tude 
hanker rate 



haz ard ous 
heav i ness 
hem i sphere 
her mit age 
hes i tate 
hid e ous 
hon es ty 
hor ri bta 
Aos pi tal 
hus band man 
hyp o crite 
jeal ous y 
jeop ar dy 
jes sa mine 
im mi nent 
im pi ous 
im po tent 
in di cate 
in do lence 
in fa mous 
in no cence 
i^ v \ so lence 



lig a ment 
lib er tine 
list less ness 
lit ur gy 
log ger head 
Ion gi tude 
mack er el 
mag ni tude 
man ner ly 
man u script 
mas sa ere 
med i cine 
mid ship man 
met a phor 
min strel sy 
mis chiev ous 
mis ere ant 
mi? e ry V 
mit i gate 
mit ti mus 
mon ar chy 
mon i tor 



Byerly^s bpelh/ig-hook. 

I am the creature of the Lord, 
He made me by his powerful word, 
O may 1 love and serve him still, 
And form my actions by his will. 
Then he will bless me while I live, 
And when 1 die my soul receive, 
To dwell forever in his sight, 
In perfect knowledge and delight. 



Mor al ize 
mul ber ry 
mul ti tude 
musk mel on 
neg a tive 
neg li gence 
nom i nate 
nour ish ment 
nun ner y 
ob li gate 
ob lo quy 
ob sta c\e 
ob sti nate 
ob vi ate 
ob vi ous 
oc u lar 
op e rate 
op po site 
op u lence 
or i fice 
or i gin 
pal li ate 
pal pa ble 
par a dio-m 



par a dise 
par a graph 
par a phrase 
pat ron ise 
ped a gogwe 
pel i can 
per fi dy 
per ju ry 
per i wig 
per quis ite 
per se cute 
per son age 
pes ti lence 
pet ti coat 
phys i cal 
pil grim age 
pin na ele 
pleas an try 
pop u lous 
pos si ble 
preg nan cy 
pees i dent 
prev a lence 
prim i tive 



pris on er 
prob a bk 
prod i gy 
priv i lege 
prof li gate 
proph e cy 
pros ti tute 
prov i dence 
punc tu al 
pyr a mid 
ran cour ou 
rap tur ous 
rasp ber rj 
rec ti tude 
rel.a tive 
rem e dy 
ren o vate 
rep ro bate 
res i dence 
res i due\ 
res o lute 
ret i nue 
re tro spect 
rev e to 



72 i hyerlifs Spelling-Book. 

Praise the Creator. 

Come let us praise God, for he is very 
great, let us bless him, for he is very good 

Let us praise him in the morning and 
evening. 

He made all things; the sun to rule the day, 
and the moon to shine by night. He made 
the great whale of the sea, and the little worm 
also tha«t crawls on the ground. 



Rev er ence 
rev er end 
rev e ry 
r/mp so dy 
rhet or ic 
rig or ous 
sac ri lege 
sal a ry 
sane ti fy 
as sa fras 
sat ur day 
scan dal ous 
scav en ger 
scrof u la 
sen si b\e 
sen ti ment 
ser a phim 
ser vi tude 
sev er al 
sis nal ize 
sim pic ton 
soph is try 
sor row; ful 



stac/t hold er 
stig ma tize 
stip u late 
stren u ous 
sub ju gate 
sub se quent 
sub stan tive 
sub til ty 
sump tu ous 
sup pie ment 
sur ro gate 
sus te nance 
syc o phant 
syl la ble 
syl lo gism 
sym me try 
sym pho ny 
syn a gogue 
sim i le 
syn co pe 
tan ta hze 
tap es try 
tel e graph 



tel e scope 
tern per ate 
tim or ous 
treach er ous 
treach e ry 
treas ur er 
trem u lous 
trou ble some 
tur pen tine 
tyr an ny 
ut ter ance 
veg e tate 
ven om ous 
vig i lance 
vin di cate 
vir tu ous 
wick ed ness 
wid ow er 
wil der ness 
&1 der man 
al ma nac 
fal si fy 
frawd u lent 



Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 73 

Come let us praise God for his great mercy. 
The little birds sing praises to God when they 
warble sweetly in the green shade; and I will 
praise him also with my voice, and sing of all 
his wondrous works. When I am older I 
will praise him better; and will never forget 
God as long as life remains in me. 



Au di ble 
aw di tor 
aw gu ry 
hough ti ness 
lawd a ble 
plaws i ble 
ta/k a tive 
Sr den cy 
ar du ous 
ar gu ment 
ar mis tice 
ar se nal 
ar ti cle 
ar ti fice 
ar ma ment 
ar ti choke 
bar ba rous 
bar be cue 
car bun cle 
car pen ter 
charge a ble 
gar ni ture 
gwar di an 
har bin ger 
harm less ness 



harp si c^ord 
mar gin al 
mar jo ram 
mar tyr dom 
mar vel lous 
par ha ment 
par ti san 
part ner ship 
phar ma cy 
sar don yx 
fool ish ness 
fool e ry 
goose ber ry 
move a ble 
prove a ble 
cSr po ral 
cor po rate 
cor pu lent 
for mer ly 
for mu la 
for ni cate 
for ti fy 
for ti tude 
for tu nate 
gor man dize 

G 



horse rad ish 
mor tal ly 
mor ti fy 
or der ly 
or di nance 
or gan ist 
or na ment 
por cu pine 
porphyry 
tur pi tude 
book sel ler 
wood peck er 
butch e ry 
come li ness 
com pa ny 
con jur er 
cov e nant 
cov et ous 
gov ern ment 
gov ern or 
gov ern ess 
won der ful 
work man ship 
quad ru ped 
quad ru pie 



74 Byerly's &peliing~Book. 

The kingdom of God is within you, saith 
the Lord. 

Turn thee with thy whole heart unto the 
Lord, and forsake this world, and thy soul 
shall find rest. 

Learn to despise outward things, and give 
thyself to that which is within, and thou shalt 
perceive the kingdom of God come unto thee. 

For he saith, if any man love me, he will 
keep my word, and we will come unto him, 
and make our abode with him. 

When thou hast Christ thou art rich, and 
he will suffice thee. He will be thy faithful 
helper in all things, so as thou shalt not need 
to trust in man. 

We ought not to put trust in man, frail and 
mortal as he is, though he be friendly and 
good; nor should we be grieved if he cross 
and oppose us. 

Put thy whole trust in God, let him be thy 
love ; he will answer for thee, and do in all 
things what is best. 

Qual i fy moi e ty coun ter foit 

qual i ty P°W nan c y coun ter pane 

quan ti ty roy al ist cow ar dice 

quar rel some roy al ty cow ard ly 

quar ter ly ^ 0Tr drow si ness 

wan der er bound a ry nouse hold er 

wan ton ly boun te ous moun tain ous 

oi oy boun ti ful moun te bank 

bois ter ous coun sel lor pow er ful 

loy al ty coun te nance show e ry 



Bycrly's Spelling-hook* 
The Elk. 



75 




The Elk is found in Asia, Europe, and 
America. It is about as large as a common 
horse, and has large horns with a number of 
branches flatted at the top. It is mild and 
gentle, and feeds on grass, and the bark and 
leaves of trees. 

The first sound of th, viz. as in thin. 



ap a thy 
ap o theo-m 
ep i thet 
cath o lie 
filth i ness 
lab y rinth 
leth ar gy 



A the ist 
a the ism 
faith ful ness 
nine ti eth 
the a tre 
the o rem 
the o rist 
km a ranth 
am e thyst 

The second sound of th, as in this. 
H£a then ism weath er cock m&th er less 
neth er most filth er less moth er ly 
hith er to fath er ly oth er wise 



pleth o ry 
sym pa thy 
thun der bolt 
au thor ize 
s6oth say er 
fdr ti eth 
or tho dox 



log a ri thins or tho gon 
meth o dist thir ti eth 



76 Byerly's Spelling-Book. 

Train up a child in the way he should go, 
and when he is old he will not depart from it. 

Where there is no wood, the fire goeth out, 
and where there is no tale-bearer, the strife 
ceaseth. 

A man's pride shall bring him low, but God 
shall uphold the humble in spirit. 

By the blessing of the upright, the city shall 
be exalted; but it is overthrown by the mouth 
of the wicked. 



SECTION VIII. 



Words of three 

A b£tte ment 
a chieve ment 
ad he sive 
ad ja cent 
ac quaznt ance 
af fi ance 
al li ance 
al lure ment 
al lu sive 
al migh ty 
a maze ment 
a muse ment 
ab do men 
ad he rent 
ap pear ance 
ap pra/s er 
ar rear age 
as sail ant 



syllables, accented on the second. 

a sy lum 
al le gro 
bias phe mer 
bra va do 
co he sive 



cour age ous 
de ceit ful 
de ceiv er 
de co rous 
de light ful 
de lu sive 



com po nent 
comport ment de si rous 
com po sure dif fu siv€ 
con ceal ment di plo ma 
con clu sive e gre gi'ous 
con du cive e lope ment 
con geal ment en clo sure 
con. sign ment encroachment 
con ta gion en force ment 



con ta gtous 
con tri vancc 
con troll er 
cor ro sive 



en lig-^t en 
ex cite ment 
ex clu sive 
i de a 



Byerlifs Speltirtg-Book. 77 

Never sport Avith pain and distress in any 
of your amusements, nor treat even the mean- 
est worm or insect with wanton cruelty. 

When you see those w ho are poor or old, 
blind or lame, sick or in pain, do not despise 
them, or make game of them, but try to feel 
pity for them, and be thankful to your heav- 
enly Father for his care over you, and the 
many blessings you enjoy. 



II lu mine 
il lu she 
in clu sive 
in qui ry 
oc to ber 
op po nent 
op po ser 
out rage ous 
po lite ness 
pre cise ly 
pur su ant 
re deem er 
re fine ment 
re proach ful 
re sign ment 
re vi sal 
sal va tion 
se duce ment 
so no rous 
sub poe na 
sub seri ber 
su preme ly 
sur vi vor 



tor na do 
tor pe do 

un ea sy 
un e qual 
un fruft ful 
un kind ness 
un seem ly 
a bric/ge ment 
ah rupt ly 
ac com plish 
ac cus torn 
ad June live 
ad just ment 
ad mit tance 
ad van tage 
ac knowl edge 
ap pren tics 
as sas sin 
as sem bly 
as sess or 
as sist ance 
as trin gent 
at tach ment 



at tend ance 
at ten tive 
at trib-ute 
aw turn nal 
bal sam ic 
be gin ning 
bis sex tile 
com mit tee 
com pan ion 
com pul sive 
con cen trate 
con cur rence 
con jec ture , 
con tern plate 
con tent ment 
con tex ture 
con trib ute 
con vul sive 
de ben ture 
de crep it 
de fee the 
de fend ant 
de fen sive 



78 



Byerlxfs Spelling-Book. 

We see many children who are filthy, and 
ragged, and appear as though they had none 
to take care of them. 

There are many poor people in this land of 
plenty, whose houses do not shelter them 
from the storm; some have.neither fire nor 
rlothes enough to keep them warm, and many 
children are ragged and dirty, and cannot 
get shoes or stockings to wear all winter. 



De scrip tive 
de sert er 
de spond ence 
des pot ic 
de tach ment 
de ter mine 
dis burse ment 
dis cour age 
dis cred it 
dis fig ure 
dis Aon est 
dis how our 
dis junc tive 
dis pleas ure 
dis sem ble 
e clip tic 
ef fee tive 
ef ful gence 
el ix ir 
el lip sis 
el lip tic 
em bez zle 
em phat ic 



en chant ment in cul cate 



en cour age 
e ner vate 
en tan gle 
en vel op 
e pis tie 
ex ces sive 
ex cul pate 
ex pen sive 
ex pres sive 
ex tat ic 
ex ten sive 
ex ter nal 
ex tin guish 
ex trin sic 
ex cheq uer 
es cufch eon 
fa nat ic 
fan tas tick 
ho san na 
im per feet 
il lus trate 
in cen tive 



in den ture 
in de6t ed 
in fer nal 
in fringe ment 
in jus tice 
in sol vent 
in trep id 
in vec tive 
ma jes tic 
ma ter nal 
me an der 
me c/ian ic 
mis man age 
mis pris on 
mo las ses 
mo men tous 
of fen sive 
pa cif ic 
pe dan tic 
pneu mat ics 
pre sump tivff 
pro due tive 



Byerly's SpeUiug-Book. 79 

The tables of many poor people are nearly 
bare, and the children are crying for bread, 
but there is none in the house to give them 

How kind are our parents and friends, who 
provide food and clothing for us, and how 
grateful ought we to be for their love and care ! 

In the days of youth, when health and plea- 
sure attend us, it is good for us to think of 
death, and frequently consider our latter end. 



Pro gres sive 
pro hib it 
pro lif ic 
pro phet ic 
re ful gehce 
re hear sal 
re luc tance 
re mit tance 
re pul sive 
re sem ble 
re sist less 
re spec tive 
re splen dent 
re spon dent 
re spon sive 
re ten tivc 
rheu mat ic 
stu pen dous 
sub jec live 
sub mis sive 
sub sul tive 
sub ver sive 
sue cess ful 



sue cess we 
sue cess or 
syn od ic 
syn op sis 
tri um phal 
un cer tain 
un com mon 
un fnend !y 
un man ly 
un pleas ant 
un ruf fie 
un self ish 
un skil ful 
what ev er 
de b&uch ment 
de fault er 
ex haust less 
un law ful 
com pSrt ment 
de part ment 
de par ture 
dis as ter 
en large ment 



in car nate 
re gard less 
un dawnt ed 
ac cou tre 
im prove ment 
ma noeu vre 
a b6r tive 
ab sor bent 
re cord er 
en dorse ment 
per form ance 
mis for tune 
free boot er 
ex tir pate 
en com pass 
re cov er 
un cov er 

oi oy 

en joy ment 

ou ov> 

en coun ter 
en dow ment 
es pous al 



80 Byerly^s Spelling-Book. 

He that follows his pleasure instead of his 
business, shall in a little time have no business 
to follow. 

None but a wise man can employ leisure 
well ; and he that makes the best use of his 
time, has none to spare. 

To come but once into the world, and trifle 
away our right use of it, making that a burden 
which was given for a blessing, is really a 
folly. 

In the folloiving words, ti, ci, and si, sound like sh 



Ces sa tion 
ad he sion 
al lu sion 
com mo tion 
con clu sion 
con fu sion 
cor ro sion 
de vo tion 
ef fu sion 
ex plo sion 
fe ro cious 
fi du cial 
plan ta tion 
pro por tion 
ra pa cious 
re la tion 
sal va tion 
vi va cious 
vo ra cious 
ad mis sion 
ad li tion 



af fee tion 
af flic tion 
as cen sion 
as sump tion 
as per sion 
as ser tion 
a ver sion 
at ten tion 
col lee tion 
com mis sion 



e di tion 
ex cep tion 
ex pres sion 
in flic tion 
lo gi cian 
ob jec tion 
of fi cial 
per di tion 
po si tion 
phy si cian 



com pres sion pre emp tion 
ca pri cious pro fes sion 
con fes sion re demp tion 
con sump tion re flee tion 
con ven tion re ver sion 



con vie tion 
con ver sion 
de cep tion 
de scrip tion 
de ser tion 
dis tine tion 



sub iec tion 
sue ces sion 
sus pen sion 
sub ver sion 
sub stan tial 
of fi cious 



Byerly's Spelling-Book. 81 

If you walk in the holv fear and love of 
God, it will instruct you to be dutiful to your 
parents, guardians and teachers ; and will tend 
io preserve you from strife, ill-will, speaking 
evil of others, and every other kind of bad 
conduct. If you live in this fear, it will regu- 
late every thought, w r ord and action. It will 
most effectually prevent you from ever telling 
a lie, or using your Maker's name in vain. It 
will preserve you from evil in this world, and 
prepare you for a state of never-ending hap- 
piness and joy, in that which is to come. 



SECTION XV. 

Words of three syllables r accented on the third. 

Ad ver tise in ter vene dis an nul 

dis ap pear in ter cept 

mas qwer ade in ter diet 

o ver flow? in ter rupt 

o ver grow in ter sect 
rep ar tee 



ap per tasn 

as cer tarn 

can non ade 

com mo dore 

con tra vene 

dis com mode ref u gee 

dis o blige un der go 



en gi neer 
en ter tarn 
en ve lop 
es ca lade 
in dis creet 
in ter change 
in ter fere 
in ter lace 
in ter line 



ac qui esce 



o ver whelm 
re col lect 
where up on 
dis re gard 



ap pre hend dis ap pr6ve 
co a lesce o ver come 

com pre hend con nois seur 
con de scend dis o bey 
con tra diet 

cor res pond dis al low 
coun ter mand dis a vow 
dis affect in de vout 



#2 ByerlyS Spelling-Book. 

On Industry. 

How doth the little busy bee, 

Improve each shining hour, 

And gather honey all the day 

From every opening flow'r. 

How skilfully she builds her cell, 
How neat she spreads the wax, 

And labours hard to store it well 
With the sweet food she makes. 



SECTION XVI. 

Words of four syllables, accented on the first. 

A mi a h\e an swer a ble dil i gent ly 

ju di ca ture an ti mo ny dys en ter y 

lu mi na ry an nu al ly ef fi ca cy 

mo men ta ry ap pli ca b\e el e gan cy 

mu tu al ly ar ro gant ly el i gi ble 

nu ga to ry cat e go ry em i nent ly 

va ri ous ly cen sur a ble em is sa ry 

ab di ca tive cer e mo ny ep i lep sy 

ab so lute ly com pe ten cy es ti ma ble 

ac cu ra cy con fi dent ly ev i dent ly 

ac cu rate ly con quer a blc ex e era ble 

ac ri mo ny con se quent ly ex i gen cy 

ad mi ra ble con ti nen cy ex pli ca ble 

ad mi ral ty cred it a ble fig u ra tive 

ad ver sa ry dam age a ble gen er al ly 

al a bas ter del i ca cy grad u al ly 

al i mo ny des pi ca ble hab er dash er 

al le go ry dif fi cul ty jan i za ry 

am i ca ble dil a to ry ig no min y 



Eyeries Spelling-Book. 83 

In works of labour or of skill 

I would be busy too, 
For satan finds some mischief still 

For idle hands to do. 

In books, or works, or healthful play, 

Let my first years be past, 
That I may give, for every day. 

Some good account at last. 

Ig no rant ly per ti nen cy spir it u al 

im it a ble pet u Ian cy stat u a ry 

in ti mate ly plen ti ful ly sub lu na ry 

[in ti ma cy prac ti ca ble suffer a ble 

lap i da ry pref er a ble sump tu a ry 

leg is la tive prof it a ble tab er na cle 

lit er a ry prom is so ry tern per ate ly 

mar riage a ble prom on to ry tern po ra ry 

mat ri mo ny punc tu al ly ter ri to ry 

mem or a ble reg u lar ly tes ti mo ny 

mil i ta ry rep u ta ble tit u la ry 

mis er a ble res o lute ly tol er a ble 

mon as ter y rev er ent ly trans i to ry 

nee ro man cy rev o ca ble ul ti mate ly 

nom i na tive sal u ta ry ut ter a ble 

ob du ra cy sane tu a ry val u a ble 

oh sti na cy sec on da ry ven er a ble 

op er a tive sed en ta ry vir tu,bus ly 

op u len cy sem i na ry vol un ta ry 

or a to ry sep ar a ble vul ner a ble 

pap il la ry sin gu lar ly hxi di to ry 

pat ri mo ny sol i ta ry fraud u len cy 

per i win kle sov e rei^n ty ar bi tra ry t 

per se cu tor spec u la tive ar mil lar y 



84 



Byerhfs Spelling- Book. 
The Hare. 




The Hare is a small animal resembling a 
rabbit. It has large eyes placed backward s 
in its head, so that it can see almost behind 
it as it runs: and it has very large ears, 
which it can turn every way. Its hind legs 
are much longer than its fore legs. It has fiv* j 
toes on its fore feet, and only four on its hind 
feet. The Hare is very fearful ; it sleeps with 
its eyes open. It always feeds during the 
night, eating the most tender blades of grass 
while the dew is upon them. It also lives 
upon roots, leaves, fruit, and corn, and is very 
fond of pinks, parsley, and birch. The female 
has three or four young ones at a time. She 
suckles them about three weeks, and then 
leaves thep to take care of themselves. 



C6r di al ly for ni ca tor 

cor po ral ly for tu nate ly 

dor mi to ry hor ta to ry 

for mi da ble mor tu a ry 

for mu la ry or di na ry 



cov et a ble 
drom e da ry 
war rant a bl ? 

OU 0X0 

boun te ous \y 



Byerlfs Spelling-Book. 8.j 

Since the days that are past are gone for- 
ever, and those that are to come may not 
come to thee : therefore, O man ! employ the 
present time without regretting the loss of 
that which is past,' or too much depending on 
that which is to come. 

This instant is thine ; the next is in the 
womb of futurity, and thou kno west not what 
it may bring forth. 



SECTION XVII. 

Words of four syllables \ accented on the second. 
A me na h\e con nu bi al in €ura h\e 
jab bre vi ate con ve ni ent in ge ni ous 
ab ste mi ous cor po re al in gre di ent 
ac cu niu late ere du li ty in ju ri ous 
a e ri al de ceiv a hit gram ma ri an 

a gree a h\e de plo ra b\e la bo ri ous 
al le vi ate de pre ci ate li bra ri an 
an m hi late de si ra ble lux u ri ance 
an te ri or ef flu vi urn ma te ri al 
ap pro pri ate e lu ci date ma tu ri ty 
ar mo ri al en co mi um me lo di ous 
as so ci ate ex cu s& Me me mo ri al 
bar ba ri an ex pe di ent ne fa ri ous 
cen so ri ous ex pe ri ence no to ri ous 
col le gi an har mo ni ous ob scu ri ty 
com mo di ous il lu -min ate ob se qui ous 
com pla cen cyim mu ni ty ob bun a bk 
con mV a ble im pe ri al pre ca ri 
coi? fu ta blc im pe ri ous pro pri e ty 
con gru i ty in ca pa Me sa lu bri ous 

~H ~ ■""* 



"J 6 Bypfiys Spelling-Book. 

If thou sufferest not the allurements of for- 
tune to rob thee of justice, or temperance, or 
charity, or modesty, even riches themselves 
shall not make thee unhappy. 

Virtue is the race which God has set for 
man to run, and happiness the place which 
none can arrive at till he has finished his 
course, and received his crown in the man- 
sions of eternity. 

Sa lu.bri ty af fin i ty aus ter i ty 
spon ta ne ous am bas sa dor bar bar i ty 

sup port a ble am big u ous be at i tude 

sus tarn a ble an al o gy be nef i cence 

ter ra que ous an al y sis bi og ra phy 

trans paren cya nat o my bo tan i cal 

un blam a b\e a nom a ly ca lam i ty 

irx o ri ous a*non y mous ca lum ni ate 

va cu i ty an tag o nist ca pit u late 

ve ne re al an ti qui ty ca tas tro phe 

vie to ri ous a poc a lypse ce leb ri ty 

vo lu min ous a poc ry pha ce ler i ty 

va ri e ty a pol o gy cer tif i cate 

ab ddrn in al a pbs ta cy ci vil i ty 

ab surd i ty a pos tro phe co ag u late 

i cad e my ar tic u late co in ci dent 

ad minis ter ar til le ry col lat er al 
ad mis si b\e as cen den cy com this er ate 

al ver bi al as par a gus com mod i ty 

ad ver si ty as sid u ous com par i son 

ad ver ten cy as trol o gy com par a tive 

a dul ter ate as tron o my com pat i b\e 

n dul ter y at ten u ate com p^t i tor 



Byerlifs Spelling-Book. 87 1 

From the creatures of God, let man learn 
wisdom, and apply to himself the instruction 
they give. 

Go to the desert, my son; observe the young 
stork of the wilderness; let him speak to thy 
heart ; he beareth on his wings his aged sire, ; 
he lodges him in safety, and supplieth him 
with food. 

Be grateful to thy father, for he gave thee 
life; and to thy mother, for she sustained thee. 

Com pul so ry de lib er ate e jac u late 
concomitancede lir i um e lab o rate 
con den si ty de moc ra cy e mer gen cy 
con fed er ate de pen den cyem phat i cal 
con grat u late de pop u late e nun ci ate 
con sid er ate de prav i ty e phem e ris 
con sol i date des pon den eye pis co pal 
con spic u ous de test a hie e pit o me 
con spir a cy dex ter i ty e quiv o cate 
con stit u ent di ag on al e rad i cate 
{ con tig u ous di al y sis e ter ni ty 

Icon tin gen cy di am e ter e vac u ate 
i con tin u al dis pen sa ry e van ge list 
Icon trib u tor dis sat is fy e vap o rate 
Icon vex i ty dis sem i nate e ven tu al 
rco op er ate di ver si ty ex em pli fy 
I cor rupt i ble di vin i ty ex per i ment 

| cosmography do cil i ty ex pos tu late 

|de bil i tate dog mat i cal ex tern po re 
[■de fen si b\e due til i ty ex ten u ate 
jde fin i live e con o my ex trem i ty 
de gen er ate ef fee tu al fa cil i ty 



88 Byerly's Spelling- Book. 

Hear the words of his mouth, for they are 
spoken for thy good; give ear to his advice; 
for it proceeds from love. Forget not thy 
helpless infancy,, nor the peevish temper of 
thy youth, and indulge the infirmities of thy 
aged parents ; assist and support them in the 
decline of life. So shall their hoary heads 
go down to the grave in peace ; and thy own 
children, in reverence to thy example, shall 
repay thy piety with filial love. 



Fa tal i ty 
fer til i ty 
fes tiv i ty 
fe cun di ty 
fi del i ty 
for mal i ty 
fru gal i ty 
ge og ra phy 
ge om e try 
gram mat ic al 
ha bit u al 
his tor ic al 
hos til i ty 
hu man i ty 
hu mid i ty 
hu mil i ty 
hy poc ri sy 
i den ti cal 
i den ti fy 
i dol a ter 
i dol a try 
jil lib er al 



il lit er ate 
il lus tri ous 
im men si ty , 
im pet u ous 
im pos si ble 
im preg na ble 
in ces sant ly 
in fal li b\e 
in fat u ate 
in grat i tude 
in hab i tant 
in sen si hie 
in sid i ous 
in sin u ate 
in tel li gence 
in tim i date 
in tox i cate 
in trin si cal 
in vid i ous 
in vin ci ble 
in vis i h\e 
las civ i ous 



le gal i ty 
Ion gev i ty 
mag nan imous 
mag net i cal 
ma jor i ty 
ma lev o lence 
ma lig ni ty 
me rid i an 
mi rac u kms 
mo bil i ty 
mo nop o ly 
mo not o ny 
mo ral i ty 
mor tal i ty 
na tiv i ty 
ne ces si ty 
neu-tral i ty 
no bil i ty 
ob li qui ty 
ob lit er at -3 
par tic u lar 
pe nul ti ittate 



Byerhfs Spelling- Book. 89 

If it be difficult to rule thy anger, it is wise 
to prevent it : avoid therefore all occasions of 
falling into wrath, or guard thyself against 
them when they occur. 

A mild answer to an angry man, like water 
cast upon-fire, abateth his heat ; and from an 
enemy, he shall become thy friend. 

Consider how few things are worthy of an- 
ger, and thou wilt wonder that any but fools 
should be wroth. 

Per pet u al re pub li can su prem a cy 
per pet u ate re pug nan cy sus pen so ry 
per plex i ty re spect a ble sy nod ic al 
per son i fy re spon si ble sy non y mous 
per spic u ous ro tun di ty taw tol o gy 
phan tas ti calschis-mat ic al te mer i ty 
phi lol o gy scur ril i ty tern pes tu ous 
phi los o phy se ren i ty *tor pid i ty 
po et ic al ser vi.l i ty ter res tri al 
po lit i cal sig nif i cant tu mul tu ous 
po lyg a my sim il i tude typ og ra phy 
pre die a ment sin cer i ty ty ran ni cal 
pre rog a tive so lem ni ty u bi qui ty 
pre sew a tive so lid i ty un man ner ly 

pro gen it or so phis ti cal un mer ci ful 
pro lix i ty ste nog ra phy un pop u lar 
pro pen si ty stig mat i cal ur ban i ty 
pro phet i cal stu pid i ty u til i ty 
pros per i ty sub lim i ty ver bal i ty 
prox im i ty sub mis sive ly vi cin i ty 
re flex i ble su per la tire vir gin i ty 
re frac to ry su pin i ty vo lup tu ous 



90 



Byerly\s Spelling-Book. 
The Hippopotamus. 




The Hippopotamus is a native of Africa. 
It is a very large animal. It is about eight 
feet high ; its body is very large, round, and 
clumsy. It has a thick head, a wide mouth, 
and small eye%£nd ears. It has very thick 
legs, and a short flat tail, which tapers to a 
point. Its body is thinly covered with hairs 
of a white colour, and its hide is very thick 
It swims in the water with great force, and 
feeds mostly on fish. It is an indolent animal, 
and seldom moves, unless forced by hunger. 



Yul gar i ty 
zo og ra phy 
zo ol o gy 
zo ot o mist 
zo ot o my 
de M//eh e ry 
un pla//s i ble 
Co par ce ny 



copartnershipdis cov e ry 
re mark a b\e ef front e ry 
buffoon e ry re cov e ry 
im prov a ble oi oy 
ac cord ing ly a void a h\e 
de form i ty em broid e ry 
im por tu nate dis loy al ty 
ac com pa ny al low a h\e 



hyerlys Spelling-Book. 
The Carp. 



91 




The Carp is a large fish. It is four feet 
in length, and weighs about twenty pounds. 
• ts form is thick, and it has a blue back, green 
sides, and a white belly. It is found in the 
waters of Europe and Persia: it lives in deep 
holes, under roots of trees, hollow banks, or 
beds of flags. It feeds on mud, worms, and 
insects. 



SECTION XVIII. 

Words of four syllables, accented on the third. 
An te ce dent 
com men ta tor 
me di a tor 
mis de mean or 
mod e ra tor 
sa cer do tal 
ac ci dent al 
ap pre hen sive 
ar o mat ic 
As tro log ic 



at mos pher ic 
com pre hen sive 
cal i man co 
cor res pond ent 
det ri ment al 
dis affect ed 
dis con tent ed 
dis con tin ue 
ef fer ves cence 
ef flo res r° t 



F 



92 Byerly-s Spelling-Book. 

Children, you should love to read in the 
Bible, and to hear other people read in it. It 
was written by good men, and it is the best 
and most excellent of all books. 

In the Bible we read of the beginning of the 
world, and of Adam, who was the first man ; 
and that God placed him in a delightful gar- 
den filled with sweet flowers. There we read 
that man became very wicked, and sinned 
very much ; and that they were all drowned 
but Noah and his sons, who were good men 
and loved God. 

Fun da ment al per ad ven ture 

hor i zon tal re im burse ment 

man u fac ture rep re hen sive 

mem o ran dum ret ro spec tive 

om ni pres ence sys tern at ic 

or na ment al un as sist ed 

o ver bal ance u ni ver sal 

o ver bur den un der stand ing 

o ver whelm ing met a m&r phose 

Words in which ti, ci, and si, sound like sh. 

Ab di ca tion am bu la tion 

ab jii ra tion am pu ta tion 

ab ro ga tion an no ta tion 

ac cep ta tion ap pli ca tion 

ac cla ma tion ap pro ba tion 

ad mi ra tion ar bi tra tion 

ad u la tion awg men ta tion 

af fee ta tion cal cu la tion 

af fir ma tion cap ti va tion 

ag gra va tion com men da tion 



Bfevl^s £. 


YpeUi'igrhoi 93 j 


In the Bible we 


read of many £ood men 


who loved God, and whom he loved and' 


[blessed, such as Ab 


raham, fsaac, Jacob, and! 


'Joseph, whom his bi 


ethren sold to the Esryp-I 


tians; and Moses, who led the children of 


Israel through the Red Sea. We also read 


of Samuel, David, and many others. There; 


also we read of the \ 


irgin Mary, and of Jesus j 


Christ, who never did any harm in his lite ; he 


was patient, gentle, 


and kind to all persons. 


Com mu ta tion 


in flam ma tion 


com pen sa tion 


in spi ra tion 


com pu ta tion 


in sti ga tion 


eon fir ma tion 


in sti tu tion 


dec la ra tion 


min is tra tion 


dec li na tion 


mod er a tion 


ded i ca tion 


nom i na tion 


dep re da tion 


per spi ca cious 


dim i nu tion 


pop u la tion 


dis so lu tion 


un du la tion 


ex e era tion 


ab o If tion 


fo men ta tion 


ac qui si tion 


grad u a tion 


ad sci ti tious 


grav i ta tion 


ad ven ti tious 


hes i ta tion 


ben e die tion 


im i ta tion 


ben e fac tion 


im pli ca tion 


cir cum cis ion 


in can ta tion 


cir cum spec tion 


in car na tion 


cir cum stan tial 


in ca pa cious 


com pre hen sion 


in di ca tion 


man u mis sion 


\\n dis; na tion 

! • ' ■ ■ , , , .. 


su per scrip tion 



94 lyyerh^s spelling- J l )bo h\ 

He went about doing good to the bodies and 
the souls of men. He was kind even to those 
who were unkind to him, and who treated 
; him with scorn. He was mocked and spit 
upon by his enemies, yet he opened not his 
mouth, but said, Not my will, but thine, O God, 
be done. And when cruel men were about 
to kill him, and had nailed him to a cross, he 
prayed for them and said, -" Father, forgive 
them, for they know not what they do." 



SECTION XIX. 

Words of five syllables, accented on the second. 
Com mii ni ca tive de pos it o ry 



ex pe di en cy 
har mo ni ous ly 
il lu mi na tive 
im me di ate ly 
in su per a b\e 
ad mon i to ry 
com mem o ra b\e 
com men da to ry 
com par a tive ly 
com pul sa to ry 
con com i tan cy 
con fed er a cy 
con serv a to ry 
con sid er a ble 
jeon tin u al ly 
eon trib u to ry 
*o tern po ra ry 
le fam a to ry 
le no'Ti i na i\ve i 



de rog a to ry 
dis tin guish a ble 
ef fern i na cy 
e lee tu a ry 
e ven tu al ly 
ex clam a to ry 
ex trav a gant ly 
gram mat i cal ly 
he red it a ry 
im mod er ate ly 
im pen e tra h\e 
im per ti nent ly 
im prac ti ca \Ae 
in ac cu ra cy 
in ap pli ca h\e 
in cen di a ry 
in com par a b\e 
in dis so lu ble 
in es ti ma h\e 



hycfly s Spelling-Book. 
The Parrot Fish. 



95 




The Parrot Fish is found in the waters of 
Ithe East and West Indies. It has a broad 
| bod j, and its tail is very parrow. Its back 
and sides are red, mixed with broad silver 
strides, which run from head to tail, and its 
b^lly is white. The Parrot Fish has small 
fins of a yellow colour, and it is covered over 
with broad thin scales, which are very loose 



In ex pli ca ble 
in ev it a ble 
in flam i.na to ry 
in im it a ble 
in suffer a ble 
in tel li gi ble 
in vol un ta ry 
ir reg u lar ly 
par tic u lar ly 
pre cip i tan cy 
pre dom i nan cy 
pre oe co pan cy 



pre par a to ry 
pre lim in a ry 
pro hib it o ry 
re pos it o ry 
re serv a to ry 
re sid u a ry 
re trib u ta ry 
vo cab u la ry 
tu nul f u a ry 
vo lup tu a ry 
dis cov er a b\e 
w\ con fort a bta 



0U< 



iriif s Spelli: 



Blest is the man whose bowels move, 

And melt with pity to the poor; 
Whose soul with kind and tender love 

Feels what his fellow-men endure. 
His heart contrives for their relief 

More good th m his own hands ean do; 
He, m the time of general grief, 

Shall find the Lord hath feeling too. 

SECTION XX. 

Words of five syllables, accented on the third. 
1 i mo m ous ac a dem i cal 



xm bi gu i ty 
an ti mo ni al 
cere mo ni ous 
con tin u i ty 
eon ti gu i ty 
con tra ri e ty 
lie ta to ri al 
in por tu ni ty 
\m pro pri e ty 
ir re tr ev a bk 
no to ri e ty 
op oor tu ni ty 
p >t ri mo ni al 
per pe tu i ty 
per spi cu i ty 
pres byte ri an 
pri mo gg ni al 
sen a to ri al 
su per flu i ty 
tes *i tr> hi tA 



af fa bil i ty 
al le gor i cal 
al pha bet i cal 
a ma bil i ty 
an a lyt i cal 
an a torn i cal 
an i mos i ty 
an "ni ver sa ry 
a pos tol i cal 
ap pre hen si ble 
ar gu men ta tive 
aro mat i cal 
as tro log i cal 
as tro nom i cal 
at mos pher i cal 
ca pa bil i ty 
Cds u is ti cal 
cat e gor i cal 



chro no log i cal 

cir cum am bi ent 



L>yerly\s Spelling-Book. 97 

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the 
counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the 
way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the 
scornful. But his delight is in the law of the 
Lord. 

And he shall be like a tree planted by the 
rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in 
his season ; his leaf also shall not wither, and 
whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. 



Cir cum nav i gate 
com pre hen si ble 
con co ag u late 
con san guin i ty 
con tra die to ry 
cos mo graph i cal 
cred i bil i ty • 
cul pa bil i ty 
dem o crat i cal 
di a bol i cal 
di a met ri cal 
dis a bil i ty 
du ra bil i ty 
e co nom i cal 
el e men ta ry 
e nig mat i cal 
ep i dem i cal 
e qua nim i ty 
et y mol o gy 
e van gel i cal 
fal li bil i ty 
flam ma bil i ty 
flex i bil i ty 



gen e al o gy 
gen e ral i ty 
gen e ros i ty 
ge o met ri cal 
hos pi tal i ty 
hyp o crit i cal 
il le gal i ty 
il le git i mate 
im be cil i ty 
im mo ral i ty 
im mor tal i ty 
in a bil i ty 
in ad ver ten cy 
in hu man i ty 
in sig nif i cant 
in sta bil i ty 
irv tre pid i ty 
in tro due to ry 
ju ve nil i ty 
lex i cog ra pher 
mag nan im i ty 
met a phyy i rail 
met a phor i cal 



L 



98 Byertys Spelling-Book. 

Consider, O man ! thou art formed for an 
endless duration; thy soul is immortal, and 
her existence is forever and ever. 

Though the mountains shall depart, and the 
hills be removed from the places where they 
how stand ; though the world shall be con- 
sumed, and the ocean roll in flaming billows; 
yet thy soul shall remain the same. Though 
the light of heaven shall illumine the earth io 
more, the stars drop from the sky, and the 
moon be changed into blood, yet thy soul 
shall not be destroyed. Feed her not therefore 
with trifles, nor sell her to gain the world. 

Mutability possibility 

mu tu al i ty prin ci pal i ty 

pal pa bil i ty prob a bil i ty 

par a bol ic al prod i gal i ty 

par a dox ic al punc tu al i ty 

par al lei o gram pu ri tan i cal 

par a lyt ic al sat is fac to ry 

pe ri od ic al scru pu los i ty 

per son al i ty sen si bil i ty 

phi lo soph i cal sex a ges im al 

sin gu lar i ty sim i lar i ty 

tem po ral i ty syl lo gis ti cal 

tit u lar i ty sys tem at i cal 

pu sil Ian i mous tan gi bil i ty 

u ni ver si ty taw to log i cal 

phys i og no my tes ta men ta ry 

phys i ol o gy trig o nom e try 

pol y *y\ la ble sim i lar i ty 

pop u lar i ty u nan im i ty 



Byerltfs Spelling-Book. 99 

The Golden Eagle, 







The Golden Eagle is one of the krgesi 
birds in the world; it is about three feet in\ 
length, and the extent of its wings is seven 
feet four inches. It is covered with brovji! 
feathers, and its bill is blue, ^nd its eyes ar^! 
of a hazel colour. It has very large claws tot 
hold its prey, and it is very fierce and strong. | 
Ft lives on birds, fawns, and calves, and the 
period of its life is about a hundred yeais 

Words in vMch ti, ci, and si, wound like sh 
Ab bre vi a tion fruc ti fi ca tion 

an ni hi la tion glo ri fi ca tion 

cir cum lo cu tion grat i fi ca tion 
con fed e ra tion in ter po la tion 

con grat u la tion per pet u a tion 
com mem o ra tion per am bu la tion 
cir cum val la tion pro nun ci a tion 
com mu ni ca tion re nun ci a tion 
cor rob o ra tion re gen er a tion 

de pre ci a tion sane ti fi ca tion 

ex pos tu la tion sub or di na ti o^ 



iOO Byerltfs Spelliitg-Book. 

The Condor. 




The Condor is a native of South America. 
It is a very large bird ; its wings measure 
tvelve feet four inches, from tip to tip. Its 
hili is about four inches long, and very thick. 
It is of a light brown colour. Its legs are 
black, covered with scales, and it has very 
lorg black claws. It is a very strong bird, and 
carries off sheep and calves, and even chil- 
d-3n, when left without any person to take 
Cire of them. 



SECTION XXI. 

Vordb of six syllables y accented on the fourth. 
Ai te di hi vi an in fal li bil i ty 

ency clo pe di a in con tro vert i \Ae 

ad iii ra bil i ty in flex i bil i ty 

a pol o get i cal in hos pi tal i ty 

im ma ta bil i ty in stru men tal i ty 

Impla ca bil i ty plen i po ten tia ry 

im prob a bil i ty pu si] Ian im i ty 
in com pre hen si b\e re flex i bil i ty 



«arMMTTirriii"in 



Byerljfs Spelling-Book. 101 

SECTION XXII. 

Words promiscuously arranged. 

g and c soft. g hard. ' 

a cid crag gy piqwe 

i a gile clog gy cash ier 

di git dag ger an tique 

|fa cile dreg gy in trigwe 

fri gid dig ger fa tigwe 

ma gic dog ged der nier 

pi geon drug get ma chine 

pla cid gib bo us ma rine 

ri gid gid dy po lice 

si gil giz zard bom bar dier 

tra gic gir die bom ba mi 

vi gil gim let buc can ier 

a gi tate gig gle cap u chin 

de cim al gwin ea can non ier 

fla ge let jag ged cap a pie 

la cer ate jog ger car bi nier 

le gi ble nog gin cav a lier 

pa ci fy pig gin chev a lier 

pre ci pice stag ger cor de lier 

re ci pe scrag ged fi nan cier 

re gi cide sprig gy gren a dier 

re gi men swag ger mag a zine 

re gis ter tar get man da rine 

ma gis trate trig ger u^ti&p. 

pro ge ny twig gy mil lion 

spe ci fy wag gish on ion 

tra ge dy ku ger punc til io 



102 ilyerly s SpeMing-Book. 

There is but one God, the author, the cre- 
ator, and governor of the world ; almighty, 
eternal, and invisible. 

To the one who is supreme, most wise* and 
beneficent, and to him alone, belong worship, 
adoration, and praise. He hath stretched forth 
the heavens withhis hands, he hath described 
with his finger the courses of the stars. He 
setteth bounds to the ocean that it cannot 
pass; andsaith unto the stormy Avinds, Be still. 
The providence of God is over all his works; 
he rules and directs with infinite wisdom. 

Wonderful is he in all his ways ; the man- 
ner of his knowledge is above thy conception. 

Pay, therefore, to his wisdom all knowledge 
and veneration; and bow down thyself in 
humble and submissive obedience to his su- 
preme direction. 

The high and the low, the rich and the 
poor, the wise and (lie ignorant, when the soul 
has shaken off the cumbrous shackles of this 
mortal life, shall equally receive, from the 
sentence of God, a just and everlasting retri- 
bution according to their works. 

O ! feav the Lord, therefore, all the days of 
thy life, and walk in the paths which he hath 
opened before thee. Let prudence admonish 
thee ; let justice guide thy hand, benevolence 
warm thy heart, and gratitude to heaven in- 
spire thee with devotion. These shall give 
thee happiness in thy present state, and bring 
thee to the mansions of eternal felicity in the 
paradise of God. 





Byerhfs Spelling-Book, 103 






PART II. 






SECTION I. 


Proper 


Names of places, cities, rivers, mountains, 




&c. of one i 


yllable. 


Cain 


Jude 


Stone 


Chard Lynn 


Christ 


Leek 


Tweed 


Charles Mark 


Eve 


Lime 


Wales 


Dent March 


Giles 


Luke 


Ware 


Dutch Seth 


Grace 


Miles 


Alps 


Earl Tring 


Guy 


Neal 


Ann 


Elk Turk 


Hague 


Peak 


Bart 


France Welsh 


Hugh 


Pike 


Bath 


French York 


James 


Rome 


Berks 


George Fawn 


Jane 


Rose 


Bren 


Ham Paul 


Joan 


Ruth 


Bucks 


John Saul 






The Ostrich. 




\IM mi 


mm 


pga 


The 


ss^^^^ 


Mm 


g£ggSS*3^^_ 


Ostrich 


ii=i|Hfe^il3 




is the largest of all birds. If 


is seven feet high from the top of the head tc 


the ground ; but from the back it is only four ; 


so that its head 


and neck 


are above three fe<e* 



104 Byerlyh Spclling-Book. 

long. Its length from the head to the end of 
the tail is seven feet. One of the wings when 
stretched out is about three feet, and at the 
end of each wing there is a kind of spur. Its 
colour is black and white ; the upper parts of 
the head and neck are covered with fine 
white hair; the head and bill somewhat re 
semble those of a duck. The legs are cover 
ed before with large scales; the foot is cloven, 
and has two toes of unequal size. The os- 
trich is found in hot countries, and sandy 
deserts ; and they generally go in large 
flocks. It eats vegetables, hair, and even 
leather, when very hungry. 



SECTION II. 



Proper Names of Persons, Places, &c. of two 
syllables, accented on the first. 



Aa ron 
A bel 
A mos 
Amy 
A sa 

Brain tree 
Bea ver 
Rlue hill 
Bru tus 
Bye field 
Ca diz 
Caleb 
Ca mans 
tie phas 



Ce sar 
Chi na 
Cy rus 
Cra ven 
Cra ney 
Da vid 
Deer field 
Digh ton 
Dry den 
Day ton 
East ham 
East on 
Ea ton 
E den 



E gypt 
Edith 
E noch 
E sau 
E rie 
Eves ham 
Fair fax 
Fair field 
Free port 
Fry burg 
Green wich 
Go shen 
Green field 
Green land 



Byerly^s Spellittg-Book. 
Love between Brothers and Sisters. 



105 



Whatever brawls disturb the street, 
There should be peace at home ; 

Where sisters dwell and brothers meet, 
Quarrels should never come. 

Birds in their little nests agree, 

And 'tis a shameful sight, 
When children of one family 

Fall out, and chide, and fight. 



Hay cock 
Hi ram 
Hope well 
Ire dell 
Ja go 
La cock 
Lew is 
Lu cy 
Le vi 
Ly ons 
Le high 
Lime stone 
Lo gan 
Maid stone 
Make field 
Ma ry 
Ma son 
Mead ville 
Moore field 
Moore land 
Mo ses 
Need ham 
New ark 



New town 
New port 
Noot ka 
Oak ham 
Ol ney 
Ow en 
Pike land 
Po land 
Port land 
Ports mouth 
Pru dence 
Ra leigh 
Ray mond 
Rhine beck 
Ru pert 
Sa lem 
Sa rah 
Say brook 
Snow hill 
So dus 
So Ion 
States burg 
Ste vens 



Ste phen 
Stough ton 
Ta mar 
Tru ro 
Try on 
Wades burg 
Waits field 
Wake field 
Ware ham 
Wey mouth 
Wheel ing 
White field 
White marsh 
White plains 
^Frights town 
Zi ba 
Zi on 
Ac ton 
Ad am 
Ad ams 
Ab ner 
Ag nes 
H fred 



l<j(j Byerlg $ Spelling-Book. 

Hard names at first and threatening words, 

That are but noisy breath, 
May grow to clubs and naked swords, 

To murder and to death. 

The Devil tempts one mother's son 

To rage against another ; 
So wicked Cain was hurried on 

Till he had kilFd his brother. 

The wise will make their anger cool, 

At least before His night ; 
But in the bosom of a fool, 

It burns till morning light. 



Al ice 
Am herst 
An -trim 
Ash ley 
Ash field 
\sh ford 
Bar net 
Bed ford 
Ben son 
Berk ley 
Ber wick 
Bethel 
Blan co 
Bland ford 
Bled soe 
Blen heim 
Bow doin 
Box ford 
Boz rah 
^rad ford 



Breck nock 
Brent wood 
Bridge port 
Brim field 
Bris tol 
Brook field 
Brook lyn 
Browns ville 
Bruns wick 
Bucks town 
Brus sels 
But ler 
Bux ton 
Cal vert 
Cam den 
Can dm 
Can ton 
Car ibs 
Car mel 
Car ver 



Cas co 
Cen tre 
Chance ford 
Charles ton 
Char lotte 
Chat ham 
Chelmsford 
Ches ter 
Choc taws 
Clarkes town 
Clin ton 
Com ly 
Con cord 
Cor inth 
Corn wall 
Cow pens 
Crom well 
Cross wicks 
Cus co 
Cush ing 



Byertys Spelling-Book. 107 

Mind not much who is with thee, or who is 
against thee, but endeavour to take care that 
God may be with thee in every thing thou 
doest. For whom God will help, no man can 
hurt. 

The humble person, though he suffer 
shame, is yet in peace; for he rests in God, 
and not in the world. 

A peaceable man doeth more good than a 
learned one. 

A passionate man turns good into evil, and 
easily believes the worst. 

eaceaBIe man turns all things into good.j 

We fcffow well how to excuse our own 
deeds, and yet will not receive the excuses of 
others. 



;Dan vers 

j Dan vil/e 

jDar by 

[Dart mouth 
Den nis 
Der ry 
Dor set 
Dres den 
Den mark 
Drum mond 

| Dud ley 

[Duck creek 
Dur ham 
Duch ess 
Edge mont 
Elk ton 



Ellis 


Frank lin 


Enfteld 


Gal way 


Ep som 


Gard ner 


Ed ward 


Ger ry 


Em mor 


Glas gow 


Ed mund 


Gos port 


Eg bert 


Grafton 


Ez ra 


Gran vil/e 


Flan ders 


Gwil ford 


Frank ford 


Gur net 


Fal mouth 


Had ley 


Fish kill 


Had dam 


Fitch burg 


Hal lam 


Flat land 


Ham burg 


Flush ing 


Hamp shire 


Frank ford 


Hamp stead 



108 



Byerly^s Spelling-Book. 



Creation. 
Come, child, look upwards to the sky, 

Behold the sun and moon, 
The expanse of stars that sparkle high, 

To cheer the midnight gloom. 

Come, child, and now behold the earth, 

In varied beauty stand ; 
The product view of six days birth, 

How w ondrous and how grand. 

The fields, the meadows, and the plain, 

The little laughing hills, 
The water too, the mighty main, 

The rivers and the rills. 



Hamp ton 
Han cock 
Hard wick 
Harps well 
Hart ford 
Har wick 
Hat field 
Hec tor 
Hemp field 
Hen ry 
Hick mans 
Hills dale 
Hill to^vn 
Hing /mm 
Hins dale 
Hoi land 
Hop kins 
Horn town 
Horse neck 



Hors ham 
Hunts vil/e 
Ips wich 
Ir vin 
Jack son 
Jeffrey 
John son 
Top pa 
Ju dith 
Ken net 
Kings ton 
King wood 
jKnox vil/e 
Lang don 
Lance lot 
Len ox 
Lick ing 
Lin co/n 
Lind ley 



Litch field 
Lud low 
Lyn den 
Mai den 
Man he/m 
Mans field 
Mar low 
Mar tin 
Mar tix 
Mar tha 
Mat thew 
Med field 
Med ford 
Med way 
Men don 
Mer cer 
Mifflin 
Mil ford 
Mil ton 



Eyeries Spelling-Book. 109 

Come, then, behold them all, and say, 

How came these things to be, 
That stand before, which every way 

I turn myself to see. 
'Twas God who made the earth and sea, 

To whom the angels bow, 
'Twas God who made both thee and me, 

The God who sees us now. 

'Tis God that sends us all things good, 

Our harvest and our grain ; 
He makes the earth produce our food, 

And sends us wind and rain. 



Min goes 
Mis tic 
Mon mouth 
Mor gan 
Mun cey 
Nat ches 
North port 
Nor ton 
Nor walk 
Nor way 
Or ange 
Or ford 
Ovid 
Ox ford 
Pa/m er 
Par is 
Pax ton 
Pern broke 
Pen guin 
Phil ip 



Pitts burg 
Pitts field 
Platts burg 
Plum stead 
Plym outh 
Pom fret 
Pom pey 
Potts grove 
Pres cott 
Pres ton 
Prov ince 
Put ney 
Had nor 
Ran dolph 
Read ing 
Rich field 
Rich land 
Rich mond 
Rid ley 
Rock bridge 



Rock hill 
► Rom ney 
Rut land 
Sal ford 
Samp son 
Sand wich 
Sav age 
Sedge wick 
Sev ern 
Sharps burg 
Sheffield 
Shir ley 
Shon gum 
Sid ney 
Smith field 
Smyr na 
Som ers 
Spar ta 
Spen cer 
Spring field 



110 Byerly^s Spelling-Book. 

It is not in flesh to think; it is not in bones 
to reason. The lion knoweth not that worms 
shall eat him ; the ox perceives not that he is 
fed for slaughter. 

God formed thee as he had formed them ; 
thou wert created after them. Superiority 
and command were given thee over all, and 
with his own breath did he communicate to 
thee the principle of knowledge. 

Know thyself then, the pride of his crea- 
tion, the link uniting divinity and matter ; be- 
hold a part of God himself within thee ; re- 
member thy own dignity, nor dare descend 
to evil or to meanness. 



Staats burg 
Staf ford 
Starm ton 
Stock bridge 
Suffolk 
Sur ry 
Sus sex 
Syd ney 
Sut ton 
Tal bot 
Tarle ton 
Ten saw 
Thorn as 
Thorn son 
Thorn ton 
Tren ton 
Tul \y 
Tun bridge 



Tur key 
Ver non 
Vin cent 
Vir gil 
Went worth 
West town 
West port 
Wil les 
Wins low 
Wind sor 
Wood bridge 
Wood stock 
Woolwich 
Worces ter 
Yad kin 
Yar mouth 
York town 
Xerx es 



Zim ri 
Zik lag 
Aus tin 
Craw ford 
Dau phin 
Haw kins 
Haw ley 
Law r rence 
Mau rice 
Pau ling- 
Pauls burg 
Raw don 
Rah way 
Sau con 
Stras burg 
Strawn town 
Swan zey 
Swan town 



Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 
SECTION III. 



Ill 



JYames of Persons, Places, &c. of two syllables, 
accented on the second. 

Bel grade 

Bell a/re 

Cape May 

Car lisle 

Cham blee 

Long plain 

Col raiR 

North Wales Ja quete Mount Joy 

The Goshaick. 



North east 


Lu zerne 


Pe quea 


Mo bile 


Chop tank 


Mo gul 


Dun bar 


New York 


Fa^ ette 


Pen guin 


Flat bush 


Na varre 


Graves end 


Ben gal 




The Goshawk is a very elegant bird, of a 
large size. It is one foot ten inches long. Its 
bill is blue. The head and all the upper parts 
of the body are of a deep brown colour, and 
its breast and belly are white. It has yellow 
legs and black claws. Its tail is long, and 
wings are short. It feeds on mice and small 
birds, and it plucks the birds very neatly be 
fore it eats them. 



112 



Byerly's Spelling-Book. 



SECTION IV. 



JYames of Persons, Places, &c. 
accented on the fir 
A bra ham My ers town 
Bla dens burg New bu ry 
By ber ry No ble burg 
Chi ches ter O cri cock 



Hi ats town 
Ju li et 
Lew is burg 
Lou is vil/e 



O gle thorp 
Pe ters burg 
Por ter field 
Qua ker toAvn 
The Turkey. 



of three syllables, 

'St. 

Re/s ters town 
Sole bu ry 
Ste phen town 
Steu ben \\\le 
Tewks bu ry 
U ti ca 
Wy an dots 
Ab er corn 




The Turkey is a large fowl which the farm- 
ers keep about their barns. They are of dif- 
ferent colours, and live on grain and the eggs 
of insects. The female lays eighteen or twenty 
eggs at a time. The young turkeys are very 
tender at first, and require much care and 
pains to keep them from dying. A large tur 
key, when fat, will weigh fifteen pounds, and 
J they are very good food. 



Byertys Spelling-Book. 113 

As the eye of the morning to the lark, as 
the shade of the evening to the owl, as honey 
to the bee, or as the carcass to the vulture, 
even so is life unto the heart of man. 

Learn to esteem life as you ought; then are 
you near the pinnacle of wisdom. 

Think not with the fool that nothing is more 
valuable; nor believe with the pretended wise 
ones that you ought to contemn it. 

Love it not for itself, but for the good it 
may be of to others. 

Gold cannot buy it for you, neither can 
mines of diamonds purchase back the mo- 
ments you have lost of it. 

Be not among wine-bibbers, among riotous 
eaters of flesh : for the drunkard and the 
glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness 
shall clothe a man with rags. 
Ab ing don At kin son Box bo rough 
Ab ing ton Bab y Ion Bran dy wine 
Ab i gail Bar ba ra Bridge wa ter 

Ab se cum Barn sta ble Bur ling ton 
Ab sa lorn Bar rets town Bus tie ton 
Ac co mac Bat ten kill Buz zards bay 
Af ri ca Bed min ster Can a da 

Al len town Ben ning ton Can ti cles 
Alms bu ry Ben e diet Car o line 
Am herst burg Beth a ny Cath a rine 
Am a zon Beth le hem Can ons burg 

Am ster dam Bev er iy Chel ten ham 

An do ver Bil lings port Ches ter field 
Arch i bald Bir ming; ham Chit ten den 
iVsh burn ham Bor dea town Clar en don 



114 Byerlys Spelling-Book. 

Gast not an evil eye on the goods of your 
neighbours; let whatever is their property 
be sacred from your touch. 

In your dealings with men be impartial and 
just; and do unto them as you would they 
should do unto you. 

Be faithful to your trusts, and deceive not 
the man who relies upon you; for it is less 
evil in the sight of God to steal than to betray. 

Oppress not the poor, nor defraud the la- 
bouring man of his wages. 

Pay the debts you owe, for he who gave you 
credit relied upon your honour, and to with- 
hold from him his due is both mean and un- 
just 

Gov en try Ed in burg Gil man town 

Cran ber ry Ef fing ham Gol phing ton 

Cul pep per Ev er ard Gren a dines 

Cum ber land Eg re mont Greg o ry 

Ches a peak Es qui maux Gun pow der 

Chris to pher Ev ans burg Had don field 

Dam a ris Ex o dus Ham il ton 

Dan i el Ex e ter Han ni bal 

Dan bu ry Fer ris burg Han o ver 

Dar ling ton Fred er ick Hal i fax 

Dor ches ter Flow er town Har ring ton 

Deb o rah Flem ing ton Har ris burg 

Del a ware Gal lo way Har ri son 

Did y mus Gal i lee Hav er ford 
Dun cans burg Ger man town Hoi is ton 

Dorothy Germany Hon ey brook 

Dux bo rough Get tys burg Hun ger ford 



jjyeriys ^^•A i y-/>^. . lio 

Importance of Cleanliness. 

Do not be uncleanly, nor untidy, whether 
you be well, or ill. 

Keep your hands, and faces, and hair, and 
every part of your bodies quite clean; and 
your clothes neat, and in good order. 

It is very unpleasant to look at filthy peo- 
ple, or to be near them. 

Children who are kept cleanly and tidy, 
generally grow much stronger and healthier, 
and more cheerful and good humoured, than 
those who are seldom cleaned, and who wear 
very filthy, ragged clothes. 

Hun ter don Lim er ic Mid die town 

Hunt ing don Lit tie ton Mil lers town 

Hunt ing ton Liv er more Min i sink 

I ber vil/e Liv er pool M on ta gue 

In gra ham Lum ber ton Mor gan town 

In ver ness Mad i son Mor ris town 

Jef fer son Mai a bar Mor ris vil/e 

Jenk in town Mar o neck Mor de cm 

Jer e mie Man ches ter Naz a reth 

Jericho Mar ble head Nes co pec 

Ken sing ton Marl bo rough Nev er sink 

Kil ling ton Mar tins burg Nich o las 

Kings bu ry Mar ga ret Nor ridge woe 

Lam pe ter Mar ma duke Nor ri ton 

Lan cas ter Mech len burg~ North bo rough 
Lan sing burg Mer cers burg Not ting ham 

Leb a non Mer e dith Not to way 

Lex ing ton Mer ri on Or ange burg 

ib er ty Mid die sex Os na burg 



116 



Byerly 7 s 



Spelling-Book. 



Creation of Heaven and Earth. 
In the beginning, God created the heaven 
and the earth. And the earth was without 
form, and void, and darkness was upon the 
face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved 
upon the face of the waters. And God said, 
Let there be light, and there was light. And 
God saw the light that it was good ; and God 
divided the light from the darkness. And 
God called the light day, and the darkness he 
called night And the evening and the morn- 
ing were the first day. 



Ot to was 
Ot ter creek 
Pac o let 
Pam ti co 
Pen die ton 
Pen ning ton 
Pen ne pack 
Pep per el 
Phil ips burg 
Pinck ney vil/e 
Prov i deuce 
Pur rys burg 
Quib b\e town 
Quin e baug 
Hens sa laer 
Ro ches ter 
Rock ing ham 
Ho gers vil/e 
Rot ter dam 
Rox bu ry 



Ruth er ford 
Sads bu ry 
Scar bo rough 
Sen e ca 
Shafts bu ry 
Sims bu ry 
Som er set 
Still wat er 
Ston ing ton 
Sud bu ry 
Sul li van 
Sun bu ry 
Sun der land 
Tar ry town 
Thorn bu ry 
Tin i cum 
Tyr ing ham 
Un der hill 
West min ster 
Wil liams burg 



Wil liams port 
WiLlis town 
Wil ming ton 
Win ches ter 
Win ni pec 
Al ba ny 
Bal ti more 
Falls ing ton 
Hal lo well 
Pau lus hook 
Nau ga.tuc 
Ta ney town 
Wal lings ford 
War min ster 
War ring ton 
Wash ing ton 
Wat er ford 
Bloom ing dale 
Wo meta dorf 
Wood bu ry 



hyerly's Spelling- hook. 117 

And God said, Let the earth bring forth 
grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit- 
tree yielding fruit, after his kind, whose seed 
is in itself, upon the earth, and it was so. 

And the earth brought forth grass and herb 
yielding seed after his kind, and the tree 
yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after 
his kind : and God saw that it was good. 

And God made two great lights : the great- 
er light to rule the day, and the lesser light to 
rule the night : he made the stars also. 

And God set them in the firmament of hea- 
ven to give light upon the earth; and to rule 
over the day, and over the night, and to divide 
the light from the darkness : and God saw that 
it was good, 

SECTION V. 

Names of Persons, Places, &c. of three syllables, 
accented on the second. 

iVn co cus E sai as Mo he gan 

Bar ba does Eu phra tes O nei da 

Ba ha ma Ge ne va Os we go 

Ber mu da Gre na da Pal my ra 

Cam peach y Hen lo pen Ot se go 

Ca na ry Hon du ras Pa nu co 

Co do rus Long isl and Po to si 

Cro ne sus Lu cay a To ba go 

n u ma na Me thu en Tor tu gas 

Da ri us Mat thi as Ti o ga 

De fi ance Ma ho ny Sha mo kin 

Du anes burg Men do-za Wy o ming 



118 Byerltfs Spelling-Book. 

The Peacock. 




'T/w/r/Sfoi^ 



The Peacock is a very beautiful and ele- 
gant bird. Its head is adorned with twenty- 
four feathers, painted with green, mixed with 
gold ; the head, throat, neck and breast, are 
of a deep blue ; its wings are of a reddish 
brown. The Peacock has a very long tail or 
train, which is sometimes four feet and a half 
long, mixed with very bright and shining 
colours. The female lays five or six eggs, of 
a whitish colour, and sits about thirty days. 

Wa to ga , Ca rac cas King sess ing 

A ba co Co han sey Lo ren zo 

A run del Da mas cus Ly com ing 

A lep po Di an a Ly san der 

A quil a Do min go Ma cun gy 

A pol los Egg har bour Man hat tan 

Au gus ta Ha bak kuk Mar eel lus 

Au gus tus Ha van a Ma til da 

Ben had ad Kil ken ny Ma gel Ian 



Byerly^s Spelling- Booh \\$ 

The good and industrious Girl 

The good girl always minds what her father 
and mother say to her. She is not noisy, sul 
len, nor unmannerly, so that they like to have 
her with them, and to instruct her. She loves 
her book, and takes care to keep it clean and 
neat, so that it is never left lying about, or on 
the floor; nor does she let it get torn or curled 
at the corners. She often reads to her pa- 
rents, and takes care to mind her stops, and to 
read with a clear voice, so as to be heard dis- 
tinctly; she takes pains to understand what 
she reads, and she improves very much. 

Mi am i Pa tap sco Ter tul lus 

Mis sis ko Pa tux ent To hik on 

Mor gan za Pau tux et Tunk han noc 

Mount beth el Pris cil la U lys ses 

Mo roc co Pa mump ky Ur ban na 

Mount hoi ly Pas sump sic Venango 

Mount ver non Re bee ca Vi en na 

Musk ing um Ri van na Westhamp ton 

Nan tuck et Sag har bour West in dies 

Na than iel San dus ky Wis cas set 

New cas tie Sa tuck et Bos caw en 

New gar den She nan go Ca taw ba 

North amp ton Sa van nah Chick kau go 

New brit ain Se bas tian Corn wal lis 
New lon< don South amp ton Gib ral tar 

Oak fus ky Swa ta ra Tar pau lin 

Oak mul gy Syl ves ter Wa tau ga 

O was co Ta bus co Port roy al 






12 / Byerltfs Spelling-Book, 

Whatever she is set about, or undertakes to 
do, she takes pains to do it well; for she thinks 
it best to attend to one thing at a time, till she 
gets it done ; and while she is doing one thing! 
not to be thi ;ki ±g about another. If she 
makes a mistake, or does any thing wrong, 
she is sorry for it, and tries to do better in 
future; and when she is told of a fault, she 
does not deny it, hut says she will do better, 
and try to avoid it another time. 

As she is desirous to improve, and grow 
wiser and better as she grows older, she is! 
willing to be told of her faults, and is thank- 
ful for good counsel. 



SECTION VI. 

Proper Names, &c. of three syllables, accented on 
the last. 

Bel vi dere Naz a rine Mack i naw 

Car ib bee New or leans Mon tre al 

Cher o kee Ten nes see Sen e gal 

Con dus keag Al be mark Kick a poo 

Con ga ree Froil te nac Mar cus hook 

Gen nes see Lan gue doc Sto ny brook 

Lon don grove Rock y ridge Mack in oy 

Por tu guese Chick a saw II li nois 



Byerltfs Spelling-Book. 
The Cuckoo. 



121 




The Cuckoo is a small bird, about the size 
of a pigeon. The head, neck, back, and 
wings, are of a dove colour; the breast and 
belly are white, crossed with lines of black; 
the legs are of a yellow colour, and the claws 
white. Its food consists of flesh and insects 
The female cuckoo lays but one egg at a time, 
which she lays in the nest of some other bird 
where it is hatched and fed until it is able to 
fly, which is when it is about three weeks old 



SECTION VII. 

Proper Names, &c. of four syllables, accented on 
the first. 

At tie bo rough Glas ten bu ry 

Bon a vis ta Jan i za ry 

Brat tie bo rough Mar ga rets \\\le 

Can ter bu ry Mid die bo rough 

Dar is bu ry Pep per el burg 

Fred er icks burg New bu ry port 

Fred er ick town Pe ters bo rough 



122 Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 

The Moon. 

The moon shines to give us light in the 
night when the sun is set. She is very beau- 
tiful and white like silver, we may look at 
her always, for she is not so bright as to daz» 
zle our eyes, and she never scorches us, she 
lets even the little glow-worms shine, which 
are quite dark by day, the stars shine all 
around her, but she seems larger and brighter 
than the stars, and looks like a large pearl 
amongst a great many sparkling diamonds. 

When you are asleep she shines through 
your curtains with her gentle beams, and 
seems to say, sleep on, poor little tired boy, I 
will not disturb you. She shines when every 
thing around is still and silent. 

SECTION VIII. 

Proper Names, &c. of four syllables j accented on 

the second. 

A ca di a I du me a 

Ar me ni a Je ru sa lem 

A ra bi a La co ni a 

An to ni o Me thu se lah 

Au re li us Nor we gi an 

Ba ta vi a Ti be ri as 

;Ce sa ri a Sem pro ni us 

E phe si ans Ve su vi us 

E ze ki el An nap o lis 

Fran co ni a A mer i ea 

He ro di as A hith o phel 

Her cu le an Bar thol o mew 

I co ni urn Beth ab a ra 



Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 
The Woodpecker. 



123 




The Woodpecker is about the size of the 
jay. The throat, breast and belly are of a pale 
greenish colour, and the back and wings are 
green; the head is covered with feathers of a 
deep red; its bill is long and very thick. Its 
tongue is three or four inches long. The wood- 
pecker pecks holes in dead trees that are de- 
cayed, and there lays its eggs and brings forth 
its young. It lives on small insects. 



Co col i co 
Co lum bi a 
Cor dil le ras 
Con nee ti cut 
De cap o lis 
De mos the nes 
Di og e nes 
E liz a beth 
Es cam bi a 
Eu roc ly don 
lm man u el 



Je hosh a phat 
Kas kas ki a 
Ma con nels burg 
Ma mar o neck 
Ma noc qua cy 
Mont gom e ry 
Ne sham o ny 
Ni ag a ra 
North urn ber land 
On ta ri o 
O nes i mus 



Eyeries Spelling-Book. 

Many things that are used in this country 
come from other places. Figs and raisins, 
oranges and lemons, come from Spain, Italy, 
and Portugal. 

Nutmegs, cinnamon, cloves, pepper, and 
other spices come from the East Indies. 

Tea grows in China ; coffee in Turkey and 
the West Indies ; prunes and olives grow in 
France and Spain. 



SECTION IX. 

Proper JYames* &c. of four syllables, accented on 

the third. 

Al le ga ny Mor ris se na 

Ad o ni jah Nic a ra gwa 

An a ni as Nic o de mus 

Bar ce lo na No va sco tia 

Car tha ge na O ro no ko 

Car o li na Pen sa co la 

Chim bo ra zo Per ki o men 

Con es to ga Re ho bo am 

Co pen ha gen Sar a to ga 

Dal ma nu tha Sax a pa haw 

Dem a ra ra Stat en isl and 

Des e a da The o dor ic 

Eb e ne zer The o do sia 

El e a zar Tus ca ro ra 

Es se qui bo Win ne ba go 

Hez e ki ah Wy a lus ing 

Jer e mi ah Zed e ki ah 

Jer o bo am Al a ba ma 

Mag d^- le na Am o nos sue 

Mem fre ma gog Al e*x an der 



ByerhPs Spelling-Book. 125 

The admntage of early Religion. 
'Tis easy work if we begin 

To fear the Lord betimes ; 
While sinners who grow old in sin, 

Are hardened in their crimes. 

'Twill save us from a thousand snares 

To mind religion young; 
It will preserve our following years, 

And make our virtues strong. 
Let the sweet works of prayer and praise 

Employ our youthful breath ; 
Thus we're prepar'd for length of days, 

Or fit for early death. 

An ti cos ti 
Ap po mat tox 
Ar is tar chus 
Ar ta xer xes 
Bel te shaz zar 
Can on dar qwa 
Cat a wis sa 
Chil i coth e 
Chris ti an a 



Cin cin na ti 
Dom i nic o 
Fer di nan do 
In di an a 
Ju ni at a 
Let ter ken ny 
Lit tie comp ton 
Lit tie brit ain 
Lon don der ry 
Mad a gas car 



Mas sa chus etts 
Mar ga ret ta 
Ma ri et ta 
Mis sis sip pi 
Mo hon ton go 
Moy a men sing 
Nar ra gan set 
Nock a mix on 
Oc ta ra ro 
Po ca hon tas 
Por to bel lo 
Port to bac co 
Rap pa han nock 
Sus que han na 
Tap pa han noc 
Tul pe hock en 
Tu ne sas sah 
U na dil la 
Wil li man tic 
TI — — — — — 



126 Byerhfs Spc!!ing-B<&pk, 



Pity 

As blossoms and flowers are strewed upon 
the earth by the hand of spring, as the kind- 
ness of summer produces in perfection the 
bounties of harvest; so the smiles of pity shed 
blessings on the children of misfortune. 

He who pities another, recommends him- 
self; but he who is without compassion de- 
serves it. not. 

Shut not thine ear therefore against the 
cries of the poor ; neither harden thy heart 
against the calamities of the innocent. 



SECTION X. 

Proper Names, &c. of five syllables, accented on 

the third. 

Am a zo ni a Ap a lach i an 

Cal e do ni a Ap po quin i mink 

Can i co de a - Ar chi pel a go 

E thi o pi a Ar is tob u lus 

Lith u a ni a Chick a horn i ny 

Ma gel la ni a Den ter on o my 

Pat a go ni a Gal li op o lis 

Peon syl va ni a Kis ke man i tas 

Pitt syl va ni a Mag e gad a vie 

Spot syl va ni a Neb u zar a dan 

Trail- -syl va ni a O ne siph o rus 

A bys sin i a Par i mar i bo 

Ag a men ti cus Phil a del phi a 

Al ex an dri a Pat a wat o mies 



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Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 127 

Advice to Youth. 

Children obey your parents, and give them 
honour, that your days may be long in the 
land. Be diligent at your learning, and en- 
deavour to improve, and not spend your time 
in idleness and folly. Be kind to your play- 
mates and friends, and do not hurt nor grieve 
them by words or actions. Endeavour always 
to do good, and to fly from evil, and ever pre- 
serve a just sense of right and wrong. But 
above all, remember your Creator, the God 
who made you, in the days of your youth, 
and he will bless you when you come to be 
old. Always do good and shun evil, and you 
shall have a good name and be happy while 
you live, and when you die and leave this 
world, you shall enjoy eternal and never- 
ending happiness in the paradise of God. 



SECTION XL 

Proper Names, &c. of Jive syllables, accented on 
the fourth. 

Can a jo liar ry Kish a co quil las 

Can a se ra ga Mo non ga he la 

Can e de ra go- Neb u chad nez zar 

Cob bes e con ty Om pom pa noo sue 

Co hon go ron to Pas sa ma quod dy 

Dam a ris cot ta Pern i ge was set 

E pam i non das Stir min ster new ton 

His pan i o la Ti con de ro ga 



128 Byerhfs Spelling' Book. 

FIGURES AND NUMBERS. 



1 


I 


one 


40 


XL 


forty 


2 


II 


two 


45 


XLV 


forty-five 


3 


III 


three 


50 


L 


fifty 


4 


IV 


four 


55 


LV 


fifty-five 


5 


V 


five 


60 


LX 


sixty 


6 


VI 


six 


65 


LXV 


sixty-five 


7 


VII 


seven 


70 


LXX 


seventy 


8 


VIII 


eight 


75 


LXXV 


seventy-five - 


9 


IX 


nine 


80 


LXXX 


eighty 


10 


X 


ten 


85 


LXXXV 


eighty-five 


11 


XI 


eleven 


90 


XC 


ninety 


12 


XII 


twelve 


95 


XCV 


ninety-five • 


13 


XIII 


thirteen 


100 


C 


one hundred 


14 


XIV 


fourteen 


200 


cc 


two hundred 


15 


XV 


fifteen 


300 


ccc 


three hundred 


16 


XVI 


sixteen 


400 


cccc 


four hundred 


17 


XVII 


seventeen 


500 


D 


five hundred 


18 


XVIII 


eighteen 


600 


DC 


six hundred 


19 


XIX 


. nineteen 


700 


DCC 


seven hundred 


20 


XX 


twenty 


800 


DCCC 


eight hundred 


25 


XXV 


twent) r -five 


900 


DCCCC 


nine hundred 


30 


XXX 


thirty 


1000 


M 


one thousand 


35 


XXXV 


thirty-five 









1822 MDCCCXXII one thousand eight hundred and twenty-two, 

1,2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. 



STOPS AND MARKS. 

A Comma is marked thus , 

Semicolon ; 

Colon : 

Period 

Note of Interrogation ? 

• Note of Admiration 1 

Apostrophe 

Hyphen 

Dash — 

Parenthesis ( ) 



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130 Byerltfs Spellings Book. 

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ud o/ our /auctdj and teacn uo now to 
correct tnem. 

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arce/d were aoven, 
KSbna act nod derooud tnouantd na& 

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mannerd. 

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Byerltfs SSpelling-book. 131 


ABBREVIATIONS. 


i A. A. S. Fellow of the American 


Md. Maryland 


Academy 


Me. Maine 


A. B. or B. A. Bachelor of Arts 


Messrs. Gentlemen 


A. D. In the year of our Lord 


Mis. Missouri 


Ala. Alabama 


Mr. Master or Misted 


A. M. Master of Arts, or Before 


Mrs. Mistress 


noon 


M . S. Manuscript 


B. D. Bachelor of Divinity 


N. B. Take particular notice 


C. or cent, a hundred 


N. C. North Carolina 


Capt. Captain 


N. H. New Hampshire 


Col. Colonel 


N. J. New Jersey 


Co. Company 


Nov. November 


Conn. Connecticut 


No. Number 


Cr. Credit 


N. S. New Stile 


Cwt. Hundred weight 


N. Y. New- York 


D. C. District of Columbia 


Oct. October 


D. D. Doctor of Divinity 


Oh. Ohio 


Dr. Doctor, or Debtor 


O. S. Old Stile 


Dec. December 


Pa. Pennsylvania 


Del. Delaware 


Percent. By the hundred 


Dep. Deputy 


P. M. Afternoon 


Do. or Ditto, the same 


P. S. Postscript 


Esq. Esquire 


Rev. Reverend 


Feb. February 


R. I. Rhode Island 


F. R. S. Fellow of the Royal 


S.C. South Carolina 


Society 


S. South and Shilling 


Geo. George, or Georgia 


Sept. September 


Hund. Hundred 


St. Saint 


Ibid, in the same place 


S.-T. D. Doctor of Divinity 


i. e. that is 


ss. To wit, namely 


11. Illinois 


Tenn. Tennessee 


Ind. Indiana 


Va. Virginia 


Jan. January 


Vt. Vermont 


Ky. Kentucky 


V. or Vide, See 


L. Lord, or Lady 


Viz. To wit, namely 


Lieut. Lieutenant 


Wm. William 


L. L. D. Doctor of Laws 


U. S. United States 


Lou. Lousiana 


U. S. A. United States of Amer- 


L. S. the place of the seal 


ica 


Mass. Massachusetts 


&. and 


M. B. Bachelor of Physic 


&c. andsaforth 


M. D. Doctor of Physic 





132 Uyerlys Spelling-hook. 

EXPLANATION 

Of Pauses and other Characters used in writing. 

The Comma (-,) represents the shortest pause; the Semi- 
colon ( ; ) a pause double that of the comma ; the Colon ( : ) 
double that of the Semicolon ; the Period ( . ) double that of 
the Colon. 

A Note of Interrogation ( ? ) is used to show when a question is 
asked, as, Whom did you see ? 

A Note of Exclamation (!) is a mark of wonder, surprise, or 
grief, as, Alas! how little do they know the danger that awaits 
them ! 

A Parenthesis ( ) includes a part of a sentence which is not 
necessary to make sense, and should be read quicker, and in a 
weaker tone of voice. 

Brackets [-] include words that serve to explain a foregoing 
word or sentence. 

A Hyphen ( - ) is used to join words or syllables, as, ink-pot. 

An Apostrophe ( ' ) shows when a letter is omitted, as, us'd for 
used. 

A Caret ( a ) shows when a word or number of words are 

strive 
omitted through mistake, as, Man should to be good. 

A 

A Quotation (" " ) includes a passage taken from some other 
author, in his own words, as, 

" The proper study of mankind is man." 

The Index (GCF) points to some remarkable passage. 
An Asterisk and other references (*ft§li^) point to a note in 
the margin or bottom of the page. 



OF CAPITAL LETTERS. 

Every sentence should begin with a Capital Letter ; also 
every line in Poetry. Proper names of Persons, Places, Rivers, 
Mountains, Lakes, &c. should bearin with a capital : also the names 
of the Supreme Being, as, God, Jehovah, &c. Adjectives derived 
from proper names of places, as, Grecian, Roman, English, &c. 

The pronoun J, and interjection O, should always be written in 
capital letters. 



Byerly^s Spelling-Book. 133 


SECTION XII. 


Words alike in sound, but different in spelling and 


signiji 


cation. 


A bel, a man's name 


Bare, naked 


A bie, having- power or capacity 


Bear, a beast 


Ac ci dence, grammar rules 


Bear, to suffer 


Ac ci dents, chances 


Base, vile 


Ac count, to give an account 


Bass, in music 


Ac compt, reckoning- 


Be, to exist 


Ail, to be sick 


Bee, an insect 


Ale, malt drink 


Beach, a shore 


Air, an element 


Beech, a tree 


Heir, to an estate 


Bean, a sort of pulse 


All, every one 


Been, have been 


Awl, to make a hole 


Beat, to strike 


| A loud, with a great noise 


Beet, a garden root 


A! low ed, granted 


Beau, a man of dress 


Al tar, for sacrifice 


Bow, to bend 


Ai ter, to change 


Beer, malt drink 


An, an article , 


Bier, to carry the dead 


Ann, a woman's name 


Bell, a sounding body of 


Ant, a pismire 


metal 


Aunt, uncle's wife 


Belte, a gay young lady 


An chor, of a ship 


Blew, did blow 


I An ker, of brandy 


Blue, a colour 


Arc, part of a circle 


Bloat, to swell 


Ark, a ship 


Blote, to smoke 


As cent, going up 


Boar, a beast 


As sent, to agree 


Bore, to make a hole 


Au ger, a carpenter's tool 


Board, a plank 


Au gur, a soothsayer 


Bor'd, did bore 


A vail, benefit 


Boy, a male child 


A vale, to depress 


Buoy, to bear up 


Ba con, swine's flesh 


Break, to part asunder 


Ba ken, in an oven 


Brake, an instrument to 


Bail, surety given 


dress flax 


Bale, a bundle of goods 


Bread, to eat 


Bait, on a fish-hook 


Bred, brought up 


Bate, to take less 


IBreach es, broken places 


Baize, coarse cloth 


Breech es, to wear 


Bays, bay trees 


Bom6, a hollow shot 


Bald, without hair 


Bum, the breech 

Bur, a rough head of a j 
plant I 


Bawl'd, cried aloud 


Ball, a roup 1 thing 


Bawl, to cry aloud 


Burr, the lap of the ear 


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134 Byerhfs Spelling-Book. 


Bor ough, a town corporate 


Ci on, a young twig 


Bur row, for rabbits 


Si on, a mountain 


Ber ry, a fruit 


Cite, to summon 


Bu ry, to lay in the grave 


Sight, seeing 


But, a conjunction 


Site, situation 


Butt, two hogsheads 


Clause, of a sentence 


Buy, to purchase 


Claws, of a bird or beast 


By, hear 


Clim5, to clamber up 


Call, to cry out 


Clime, a tract of earth 


Caul, a membrane 


Close, to shut up 


Can, to be able 


Clothes, garments 


Cann, a cup 


Coarse, not fine 


Cane, a long stick 


Course, race, order, way 


Cain, a man's name 


Coit, to play with 


Can non, a large gun 


Kite, a bird of prey 


Can on, a rule 


Com pie ment, full number 


Cask, a barrel 


Com pli ment, civility 


Casque, a helmet 


Con fi dence, impudence ; 


Catch, to lay hold of 


Con fi dents, trusty friends 


Ketch, a large ship 


Coun cil, an assembly. 


Ceiling, of a room 


Coun sel, to advise 


Seal ing, setting of a seal 


Cous in, a relation 


Cell, a hut 


Coz en, to cheat 


Sell, to dispose of 


Crews, ships' companies 


Cel lar, the lowest room 


Cruise, to sail up and down 


Sell er, one that sells 


Creek, of the sea, also to make 


Cen ser, for incense 


a noise 


Cen sor, a reformer 


Crick, a pain in the neck 


Cent, an American coin 


Cur rant, a small fruit 


Sent, did send 


Cur rent, passable 


Scent, smell 


Cou ri er, a messenger 


Cen tau ry, an herb 


Cur ri er, a dresser of leather 


Cen tu ry, a hundred years 


Crew el, worsted 


Sen try, a guard 


Cru el, fierce, barbarous 


Ces sion, a retreat 


Cyg net, a young swan 


Ses sion, assizes 


Sig net, a seal 


Chas'd, pursued 


Cy press, a tree 


Chaste, virtuous 


Cy prus, a thin black stuff 


Choir, a band of singers 


Dam, to stop water 


Quire, of paper 


Damn, to condemn 


Choi er, wrath 


Dear, costly 


Col lar, for the neck 


Deer, a wild beast 


Chord, in music 


Dew, that falls 


Cord, a small rope 


Due, owing 


Chron i cal, relating to time 


De pend ence, relying on 


Chron i cle, a history 


De pend ents, hangers on 


Cin gle, girth for a horse 


Doe, a she deer 


Sin gle, not double 


Dough, paste 


Cinque, five 


East, a point of the compass 


Sink, to go down 


Yeast, of beer or ale 



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135 



Emerge, to rise from obscurity 
Immerge, to put under water 
Ere, before 

Ear, to hear with 
Fain, gladly 
Fane, a temple 
Feign, to dissemble 

Faint, weary 

Feint, a false march 
Fair, comely 
Fare, food 

Feat, an exploit 

Feet, our feet 
Fel Ion, a whitlow 
Fel on, a criminal 

Feod, a fee, tenure 

Feud, contention 
Fir, kind of tree 
Fur, of wild beasts 

Flea, an insect 

Flee, to run 
Flour, for bread 
Flow er, of the field 

File, of steel 

Foil, to overcome 
Forth, abroad 
Fourth, in number 

Flew, did fly 

Flue, soft down 
Fran ces, a woman's name 
Fran cis, a man's name 

Fowl, a bird 

Foul, filthy 
Ga bel, a tax on salt 
Ga ble, the sloping roof of a 
house 

Gait, manner of walking 

Gate, a kind of door 
Gage, a pledge 
Ga^ge, a measure 

Ge ni us, a peculiar mental 
power 

Ge nus, a particular class of 
things 
Gilt, with gold * 

Guilt, sin 

Glaire, the white of an egg 

Glare, to dazzle 
Grate, for coals 
Great, large 



Gra ter, for nutmeg 

Great er, larger 
Grease, nasty fat 
Greece, a country 

Groan, to sigh 

Grown, increased 
Hail, that falls, also to salute 
Hale, sound, healthy 

Hair, of the head 

Hare, an animal 
Hart, a beast 
Heart, the seat of life 

Hali, a large room 

Haul, to pull 
Heal, to cure 
Heel, of the shoe or foot 
He'll, he will 

Hear, to hearken 

Here, in this place 
Hew, to cut 
Hue, colour 
Hugh, a man's name 

Hie, to hasten 

High, lofty 
Hign er, more high 
Hire, for wages 

Him, that man 

Hymn, a sacred song 
Hoar, gray with age 
Whore, a prostitute 

Ho ! an interjection 

Hoe, a garden tool 
Hole, a cavity 
Whole, not broken 

I, myself 

Eye, organ of sight 
I die, la zy 
I dol, an image 

I'll, I will 

Isle, an island 
In, within 
Inn, a tavern 

In dite, to compose 

In diet, to impeach 
In no cence, harmlessness 
In no cents, babes 

Jew ry, Judea 

Ju ry, men who try causes 
Kill, to murder 
Kilw, for bricks 



136 



Byerlys 



Spelling-Book. 



Knave, a rogue 
Nave, of a wheel 

Knead, to work dough 

Need, to want 
Knew, did know 
New, not old 

Knight, a title of honour 

Night, darkness 
Knit, to knit stockings 
Nit, the egg of a louse 

Know, to understand 

No, not so 
Knows, he knoweth 
Nose, of the face 

Lade, to dip up 

Laid, placed 
Lacks, doth lack 
Lax, loose 

Lain, did lie 

Lane, a narrow passage 
Leaf, of a tree 
Lief, permission 

Leak, to run out 

Leek, a pot herb 
Led, did lead 
Lead, heavy metal 

Les sen, to make less 

Les son, a reading 
Let tice, a woman's name 
Let tuce, a plant 

Lev ee, attendance at court 

Lev y, to lay taxes 
Li ar, a false story teller 
Li er, one that lies down 
Lyre, a harp 

Lim6, a member 

Limra, to paint 
Lo ! behold 
Low, humble 

Loan, any thing lent 

Lone, solitary 
Loom, a weaver's machine 
Loam, a kind of earth 

Made, finished 

Maid, an unmarried woman 
Mail, armour 
Male, the he kind 

Main, chief thing 

Mane, of a horse 
Maize, Indian corn 



Maze, a labyrinth 

Mali, a wooden hammer 

Maul, to beat 
Man ner, custom 
Man or, lordship 

Mare, a female horse 

May or, of a town 
Mar shal, an officer 
Mar tial, warlike 

Mar tin, a man's name 

Mar ten, a bird 
Mean, of small value 
Mien, behaviour 

Meat, flesh 

Meet, to come together 

Mete, to measure 
Med lar, a tree 
Med dler, a busybody 

Mes sage, an errand 

Mes suage, a house and land 
Met al, gold, silver, &c. 
Met tie, briskness 

Mews, cries of a cat 

Muse, to think 
Might, power 
Mite, an insect 

Mi ner, a worker in mines 

Mi nor, one under age 
Moan, to lament 
Mown, cut down 

Moat, a ditch 

Mote, a small particle 
More, in number 
Mow er, one that mows 

Mum, an interjection 

Mumm, to mask 
Naught, bad 
Nought, nothing 

Nay, no 

Neigh, the voice of a horse 
None, not any 
Nun, a religious woman 

Oar, an instrument 

O'er, over 

Ore, uncast metal 
Oh! alas 
Owe, to be indebted 

One, in number 

Won, did win 
Our % of us 



Byerly*s Spelling-Book. 137 


Flour, sixty minutes 


Pre ce dent, an example 


Pail, a vessel 


Pres i dent, a governor 


Pale, white 


Pres ence, a being present 


Pain, torment 


Pres ents, gifts 


Pane, a square of glass 


Prin ci pal, chief 


Pair, a couple 


Prin ci pie, the first cause 


Pare, to cut off 


Prof it, advantage 


Pear, a fruit 


Proph et, a foreteller 


Pal ate, taste, relish 


Proph e c} r , a prediction 


Pal let, a little bed 


Proph e sy, to foretell 


Pall, a funeral cloth 


Quean, a filthy woman 


Paul, a man's name 


Queen, a king's wife 


Pan el, part of a door 


Race, running 


Pan nel, a kind of saddle 


Rase, to blot out 


Pa tience, mildness 


Rad ish, a root 


Pa tients, sick people 


Red dish, somewhat red 


Pause, a stop 


Rag, a tatter 


Paws, of a beast 


"vVrag, a sort of stone 


Peace, quietness 


Rain, water 


Piece, a part 


Reign, to rule 


Peal, upon the bells 


Rein, of a bridle 


Peel, to strip off 


Raise, to lift up 


Peer, a nobleman 


Rays, sun-beams 


Pier, the column or support 


Rap, to strike smartly 


of an arch 


Wrap, to fold together 


Pen i tence, repentance 


Rare, seldom, also somewhat 


Pen i tents, persons sorrowful 


raw 


for sin 


Rear, to erect 


Pick, to choose 


Ra zor, a tool to shave with 


Pique, a grudge 


Rais er, one that raises 


Place, to set in order 


Read, to peruse 


| Plaice, a flat fish 


Reed, a shrub 


Plain, manifest 


Red, a colour 


Plane, a carpenter's tool 


Read, did read 


Plait, a fold in a garment 


Rest, ease 


Plate, silver 


Wrest, to force 


Pleas, courts of law 


Retch, to vomit 


Please, to gratify 


Wretch, a worthless person 


Plumb, jDerpendicular 


Rheum, spittle 


Plum, a fruit 


Room, a chamber 


Pole, a long stick 


Rhyme, verse 


Poll, the head 


Rime, a freezing mist 


Pore, of the skin 


Rye, sort of grain 
Wry, crooked 


Pour, as water 


Prac tice, exercise 


Rig ger, one that rigs 


Prae tise, to exercise 


Rig or, severity 


Praise, commendation 


Ring, a circle 


Prays, he prayeth 


Wring, to twist 


Pray, to beseech 


Right, just and true 


* Prey, a booty 


Rite, a ceremony 



M 2 



138 Byerly^s Spelling-Book. 


Wright, a workman 


So, thus 


Write, with a pen 


Sow, to scatter seed 


Rhode, an island 


Sew, with a needle 


Road, the highway 


Soar, to mount upwards 


Rode, did ride 


Sore, an ulcer 


Rowed, did row 


Sow er, that sows 


Roe, a deer 


Sole, of the foot 


Row, a rank 


Soul, spirit 


Rood, fourth part of an acre 


Some, a part 


Rude, impudent 


Sum, the whole 


Rote, by heart 


Son, a man child 


Wrote, did write 


Sun, the source of light 


Rough, not smooth 


Stair, a step 


RufF, a neckcloth 


Stare, to look earnestly 


Rung, did wring 


Steal, to pilfer 


Wrung, twisted 


Steel, hard iron 


Sail, of a ship 


Stile, for a passage 


Sale, selling 


Style, for writing 


Sa tire, keen language 


Straight, not crooked 


Sa tyr, a silvan god 


Strait, narrow passage 


Scene, an appearance 


Sue cour, help 


Seen, beheld 


Suck er, a twig 


\ Seine, a fish-net 


Sur cle, a shoot 


| Scil ly, an island 


Cir cle, a ring 


1 Sil ly, foolish 


Tail, the end 


Seas, great waters 


Tale, a story 


Sees, seeth 


Tare, weight allowed 


Seize, to lay hold of 


Tear, to rend in pieces 


Sea, the ocean 


Tacks, small nails 


See, to behold 


Tax, a rate 


Seam, made with a needle 


Team, of horses 


Seem, to pretend 


Teem, to pour out 


Sear, to burn 


1 ear, water from the eye 


Seer, a prophet 


' Tier, a row, or set of things 


Seign ior, a lord 


The, an article 


Se ni or, elder 


Thee, thyself 


Shear, to clip 


Their, of them 


Sheer, to go off 


There, in that place 


Shire, a county 


Threw, did throw 


Sine, aline 


Through, by means of 


Sign, a token 


Throne, a seat of state 


Slay, to kill 


Thrown, cast 


Sley, to part or twist into 


Thyme, an herb 


threads 


Time, duration 


Sleight, dexterity 


Toe, of the foot 


Slight, to despise 


» Tow, of hemp or flax 


Sloe, a fruit 


Too, likewise 


Slow, tardy 


Two, a couple 


Soared, did soar 


ToM', as a tale 


Sword, a weapon 


Tolled, as a bell 



Byerly's Spelling- Book. 



139 



Tole, to allure by degrees 
Toll, duty on bridges 

Trea ties, agreements 

Trea tise, a discourse 
Vail, to let fall in token of res- 
pect 
Vale, a valley 
} Veil, a covering 

Vain, useless 

Vane, to show the course of 
the wind 

Vein, of the blood 
Vice, wickedness 
Vise, a screw 

Waist, the middle 

Waste, to spend 
Wait, to tarry 
Weight, for scales 

Wail, to lament 

Wale, a rising part in cloth 
Ware, merchandise 
Wear, to put e clothes 



Were, plural of was 

W all, a partition of brick or 
stone 

Wawl, to cry, howl 
Way, to walk in 
Weigh, to poize 

Weak, not strong 

Week, seven days 
, Wean, to put from the breast 
Ween, to imagine 

Weath er, disposition of the 
air 

Weth er, a kind of sheep 
We, ourselves 
Wee, little, small 

Wood, timber 

Would, was willing 
Ye, yourselves 
Yea, yes 

Yew, a tree 

You, yourselves- 



140 Byerlifs Spelling-Book. 



PART III. 



A VOCABULARY, 

Consisting of a select list of words, divided, accented, and 
explained. 

The letters in Italic, following- the words, represent the parts 
of speech, viz. n. stands for noun ; a. for adjective ; pro. 
for pronoun ; v. for verb ; part, for participle ; ad. for ad- 
verb ; pr. for preposition ; con. for conjunction ; in. for in- 
terjection. 



ABS 

A baft', ad. towards the stern 
a ban' don, v. to give up 
a base', v. to cast down 
a bash', v. to make ashamed 
a bate', v. to grow less, dimin- 
ish 
ab' bot, n. the chief of a con- 
vent 
ab bre vi a' tion, n. the act of 

shortening" 
ab' di cate, v. to resign 
a bet', v. to support another 
ab hor, v. to hate 
a bide', v. to dwell with 
ab' ject, a. mean, worthless 
a bil' i ty, n. power, capacity 
ab jure', v. to retract by oath 
ab lu' tion, n. the act of cleans- 
ing 
a' ble, a. having faculties 
a bode', n. habitation, dwelling 
a bol' ish, v. to annul 
a bom' i na ble, a. hateful 
ab o rig' i nes, n. the first set- 
tlers of a country 
a bor' tive, a. untimely 
a bound', v. t> have in great 

plenty 
a bridge', v. to make short 
ab' ro gate, n to repeal 
ab rupt', a. sjidden, hasty 
ab' scess, n. i morbid cavity in 
a body 



ACC 
ab scond', v. to hide one's self 
ab' sent, a. not present 
ab sen tee', n. one absent from 

his employment 
ab' so lute, a. complete, not 

limited 
ab so lu' tion, n. requital 
ab sorb', v. to suck up 
ab stain', v. to deny one's self 
ab ste' mi ous, a. temperate 
ab' sti nence, n. forbearance 
ab struse', a. hidden, difficult 
ab sur' di ty, n. inconsistency 
a bun' dance, n. plenty 
a buse', n. ill usage 
a cad' e my, n. a school of lib- 
eral arts 
ac eel' e rate, v. to hasten 
ac' cent, n. the manner of pro- 
nouncing 
ac cept', v. to take 
ac cess' i ble, a. approachable 
ac' ci dent, n. casualty, chance 
ac cla ma' tion, n. applause 
ac com' mo date, v. to supply 
ac com' pa ny, v. to go with 

another 
ac com' plish, v. to complete 
ac cord', v. to agree 
ae cost', v. to address 
ac count', n. a computation of 

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ac crue', v. to arise from 
ac cu' mu late, v. to heap to- 
gether 
ac' cu ra cy, n. exactness 
ac cu sa' tion, n. the act of 

accusing 
ac cuse', v. to blame 
a ce' tous, a. sour 
a chieve', v. to perform 
a' cid, a. sour 

ac knowY edge, v. to own, con- 
fess 
ac quaint', v. to inform 
ac qui esce', v. to rest in 
ac quit', v. to set free 
ac' rid, a. of a hot, biting taste 
act, n. something done 
ac tiv' i ty, n. being active 
add, v. to join together 
ad dress', v. to apply to 
a dept', n. one who is master of 

his art 
ad' e quate, a. equal to 
ad here', v. to stick to 
ad ja' cent, a, lying close 
ad journ', v. to put oif 
ad just', v, to regulate 
ad min' is ter, v. to afford help 
ad rain is tra' tor, n. one who 

administers to an estate 
ad mi ra' tion, n. the act of 

admiring 
ad mon' ish, v. to reprove gen- 

% 

a do' ra ble, a. worthy of ado- 
ration 
a dorn', v. to ornament 
ad vance', v. to improve, go 

forward 
ad van' tage, n. profit, gain 
ad ven ti' tious, a. accidental 
ad' ver sa ry, n. one who 

poses 

ad ver' si ty, n. misfortune 
ad vice', counsel, notice 
ad u la' tion, n. flattery 
a dult', n. grown up 
a dul' ter ate, v» to corrupt 
a e' ri al, a. belonging to the air 



op- 



ANA 

a er ol' o gy, n. doctrine of 

the air 
af fa bil' i ty, n. civility 
af fee ta' tion, n. awkward pre- 
tence 
af fee' tion, n. passion, love 
af fee' tion ate, a. fond, tender 
af fin' i ty, n. relation 
af firm', v. to ratify, declare 
af flic' tion, n. grief, calamity 
af ' flu ence, n. plenty 
af ford', v. to produce 
af fright', v. to terrify 
af front', n. insult, outrage 
a' gen cy, n. acting for another 
ag' gra vate, v. to make any 

thing worse 
ag grieve', to vex, hurt 
a gil' i ty, n. activity 
ag' o ny, n. violent pain 
a gree', v. to be in concord 
a lac' ri ty, n. cheerfulness 
al' der man, n. a magistrate 
al' ge bra, n. a kind of arith- 
metic 
al gid' i ty, n. coldness 
al' i ment, n. nourishment 
al li ga' tion, n. excuse, plea 
al li' ance, n. a league 
al lude', v. to refer to 
al' ma nac, n. a calendar 
al' pha bet, n. the letters of a 

language 
al' um, n. a mineral salt 
a maze' ment, n. extreme fear 
am bas' sa dor, n. a person sent 

from one power to another 
am bi gu' i ty, n. obscurity 
a' mi a ble, a. lovely 
am' i ca ble, a. friendly 
am' i ty, n. friendship 
am phib' i ous, a. living in two 

elements 
am' pie, a. liberal 
am' pu tate, v. to cut off 
a muse' ment, n. entertainment 
a nal' o gy, n. resemblance 
an' ar chy, n. want of govern- 
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AVO 

an' ces tors, n. forefathers 

an i mos' i ty, n, hatred 

an' nu al, a. yearly 

an te' ri or, a, going before 

an ti' qui ty, n. old times 

a pol' o gy, n. defence 

a poth' e ca ry, n. compounder 

.of medicines 
ap plause', n. public praise 
ap praise', v. to set a price 
ar' gu ment, n. a controversy 
a rith' me tic, n. the science of 

numbers 
ar mis' tice, n, a short cessation 

of arms 
ar o mat' ic, a. spicy, fragrant 
a round', ad. on every side 
ar range', v. to put in order 
ar ray', v. to put in order, deck, 

dress 
ar tic' u late, v. to form words 
as' pect, n. the appearance of 

any thing 
as per' i ty, n. roughness 
as sail', v. to attack, assault 
as sem' blage, n. a collection 

of things 
as si du' i ty, n. diligence 
a sy' lum, n. a place of refuge 

or protection 
at' tri bute, n. the inherent in 

any thing 
at' mos phere, n. the air in 

which we breathe 
a tro' cious, a. wicked, horrible 
at trac' tion, n. that power 

which draws one body to- 
wards another 
au da' cious, a. impudent, bold, 

presuming 
au' di hie, a. that which may 

be distinctly heard 
aug ment', v. to increase, en- 

large, add 
au thor' i ty, n. legal power 
au' thor ize, v. to empower 
a vert', v. to turn aside 
a vow' al, n. a positive or open 

declaration 



BEW 

au ster' i ty, n. rigour, severity 
of discipline 

ax' iom, n. a maxim or propo- 
sition which is self-evident 

a wait', v. to wait for 

awk' ward, a. clumsy 

B 

Bab' ble, v. to prattle 

bab' oon, n. a large kind of 

monkey 
bac cha na' lian, n. a drunk- 
ard, a riotous person 
back' bite, v. to censure 
baf fle, v. to elude 
baZm, n. a sweet plant 
bank' rupt, a. not able to pay 
ban dit' ti, n. a gang of robbers 
bane' ful, a. poisonous, hurtful 
ban' ner, n. 2l military standard 

or flag 
ban' quet, n. a grand enter- 
tainment, a feast 
bar ba' ri an, n. a rude, un- 
civilized person, a savage 
bar om' e ter, n. an instrument 
used for ascertaining the 
state of the air 
bar' ri er, n. a boundary, de- 
fence 
bar' ba rous, a. cruel 
bar' gain, n. a contract 
be a tif ic, a. blissful 
be at' i tude, n. felicity 
beau' ti ful, a. fair 
be lief, n. opinion, creed 
bel lig' er ent, a. waging war 
ben e die' tion, n. blessing 
ben e fac' tion, n. gift 
be nev' o lence, n. kindness 
be nig' ni ty, n. actual kindness 
be nef i cent, a. kind, obliging 
be reave', v. to deprive of, to 

take away 
be times', ad. early, soon, sea- 
sonable 
bev' er age, n. drink 
be wil' der, v. to mislead, to 
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BUR 

big' a my, n. the crime of hav- 
ing- two wives 
blame' a ble, a. faulty 
bland, a. soft, mild, gentle 
blan' dish ment, n. soft words 
bias' phe my, n. indignity to 

God 
bod' kin, n. an instrument to 

bore holes 
bo hea\ n. a species of tea 
bois' ter ous, a. loud, roaring 
bomo, n. a hollow shot 
book' bind er, n. one who binds 

books 
book' sel ler, n. a dealer in 

books 
boot, n. a covering for the leg 
boo' by, n, a dull, or stupid 
fellow 

a. rustic, clownish, 



cal, a. relating to 
one skilled in 



boor' ish, 

rude 
bo tan' i 

herbs 
bot' a nist, 

plants 
bot' torn less, a. fathomless 
boun' te ous ly, ad. freely 
boun' ti ful ness, n. generosity 
bourn, n. a bound, a limit 
bow' er, n. an arbour 
bra va' do, n. a boast, brag, 

threat 
braw' ny, a. fleshy, strong, 

muscular 
brev' i ty, n. shortness 
brew' er, n. one who makes 

beer 
broth' er hood, n. fraternity 
bril' liant, a. bright, sparkling 
bru tal' i ty, n. savageness 
budge, v. to stir 
buf fet, v. to beat 
buf foon' e ry, n. low jests 
bug' bear, n. a false alarm, a 

frightful story 
bul' let, n. a round ball of metal 
bull' ion, n. gold or silver un- 

wrought 
J)ur' den some, a. troublesome 



CAR 

bur' gla ry, n. housebreaking 
bur lesqwe', n. ludicrous lan- 
guage 
butch' er, n. one who kills ani- 
mals 
bux' om, a. lively, gay, brisk 
buz' zard, n. a kind of hawk 

C 

Ca bal', n. intrigue 

cab' bage, n. a plant 

ca lam' i ty, n. misfortune 

cal' a mus, n. a sort of reed 

cal cine', v. to burn 

cal' cu late, v. to reckon 

cal' cu lous, a. stony 

cal' en dar, n. register of the 

year 
cal' lous, a. hardened 
cafrn, a. cjuiet 
ca lum' ni ate, v. to slander 
cal' um ny, n. slander 
cal' en der, n. an almanac, 

yearly register 
ca' lid, a. very hot, burning 
cal' lous, a. hard, insensible 
ca nal', n. a passage 
can' is ter, n. a small box 
ca noe', n. a boat 
can' ni bal, n. one who eats 

human flesh, a vile wretch 
can' to, n. part of a poem, sec 

tion, division 
can' o py, n. a covering 
ca pa bil' i ty, n. capacity 
ca pa' cious, a. large 
ca pac' i ty, n. ability 
ca pit' u late, v. to surrender 
ca pri' cious, a. fanciful 
cap' ti vate, v. to charm 
cap tiv' i ty, n. bondage 
car' bun cte, n. a red spot 
card, n. an instrument to comb 

wool 
car' a van, n. a company of 

travelling merchants, or pil- 
grims 
care' ful ness, n. caution 
care' less ness, n. inattention 



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; i>. to treat kindly 



ca ress 

car' go, ft. the lading" of a ship 

car i ca ture', ft. a ludicrous, 

droll likeness 
ca' ri ous, a. rotten, decayed, 

putrined 
car' nage, ft. slaughter 
car' nal, a. fleshly 
car niv' er ous, a, flesh-eating 
ca rouse', v. to drink 
car' pet, ft. covering for a floor 
car' ti lage, ft. a gristle 
cas cade', ft. a waterfall 
cas ti ga' tion, ft. punishment 
ca/ u al, a. accidental, fortui- 
tous 
cat' a logue, ft. a list 
ca tas' tro phe, ft. final event 
cat' e go ry, ft. a class 
cat' er pil lar, n. a worm 
ca thar' tic, a. purgative 
cav' al cade, ft. a procession on 

horseback 
cav' il, ft. a false objection 
cav' i ty, n. hollow 
cause' less, a. without cause 
cause' way, ft. a raised way 
cafts' tic, ft. a burning applica- 
tion 
ca-/ tion, ft. prudence 
cease' less, ft. perpetual 
ceil, v. to plaster 
ce leb' ri ty, ft. fame 
ce ler' i ty, n. swiftness, speed 
eel' e ry, ft. a kind of parsley 
ce lest' i al, a. heavenly 
eel' i ba cy, ft. single life 
eel' lar, ft. a room under ground 
ce ment', v. to unite 
cen so' ri ous, a. severe 
cen' sure, ft. blame, reproach 
cent, ft. an American coin 
cen' tre, ft. the middle 
cen trif' u gal, a. flying from 

the centre 
cer e mo' ni al, a. outward form 
cer' e mo ny, ft. outward rite 
cer tif i cate, ft. a testimony in 
writing 



COG 

ce ru' le an, a. blue, sky-col- 
oured 
ces sa' tion, n. a stop, rest 
chafe, v. to heat, fret 
cha grin', n. ill-humour 
chan' nel, ft. course for i 

stream 
char' i ty, ft. tenderness, alms 
chas' ti ty, n. purity of the body 
chris' ten dom, ft. the collective 

body of Christianity 
chris ti an' i ty, ft. the religion 

of Christ 
chro nol' o gy, n. the science 

of computing time 
churl' ish, a, selfish 
chym' is try, ft. the art of sep- 
arating by fire 
ci' der, n. a liquor made of ap- 
ples 
cin' der, ft. the ashes of wood 

or coal 
cir' cle, ft. a round body 
cir cu la' tion, ft. motion 
cir cum' fer ence, ft. limits of a 

circle 
cir cum scribe', v. to enclose, 

limit, confine 
cir cum vo lu' tion, ft. act of 

turning round 
cir cum lo cu' tion, ft. a circuit 

or compass of words 
cir' cum spect, a. cautious 
cis' tern, ft. a vessel to hold 

water 
civil' i ty, ft. politeness 
clam' our, ft. outcry, noise 
clan des' tine, a. secret, hidden 
clem' en cy, ft. mercy 
cli' mate, n. air, tract of land 
clown, ft. a rustic churl 
co ag u la' tion, ft. concretion 
co a Jesce', v. to join 
co a les' cence, ft. union 
cob' bier, ft. a shoemaker 
cod' i cil, ft. an appendix to a 

will 
co e' val, a. of the .same age 



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COM 

cog' i late, v. to think 

ab' it, v. to live together 
a.- husband and wife 
col' Jar, n. something- rSund 

the neck 
col' league, n. a partner 
col' lege, n. a house of learn- 
ing 
col' lo quy, n. conference, talk 
col' o ny, ;i. a number of peo- 
ple newly settled together 
col' umn, n. a round pillar, 

part of a page 
com bi na' tion, n. union 
com bine', v. to juin together, 

agree, unite 
com bus' ti bk, a. susceptible 

of fire 
com' e dy, n. a dramatic piece 
come' ly, a. graceful, decent 
com' et, n. a blazing star 
com' fort, n, support, consola- 
, tion 

com' i cal, a. merry, droll 
com mand' ment, n. precept 
com mem' o rate, v. to preserve 

the memory of 
com mence', v. to begin 
com mend', v. to praise 
com men' su rate, v. to reduce 

to some common measure 
com' merce, n. trade, traffic 
com mis' er ate, v. to pity 
com mit' tee, n. a number of 
persons appointed to manage 
any matter 
com mo' dious, a. convenient 
com mod' i ty, n. merchandise 
com' mon wealth, n. the gene- 
ral body of the people 
com mu' ni cate, v. to impart 
com mu' ni on, n. fellowship 
com mu' ni ty, n. body politic 
com pan' ion, n. a partner 
com par' a tive ly, ad. in a state 

of comparison 
com pas' sion, n, pity 
com pel', v. to force 
com pen' di urn, n. summary 



CON 

com pen sa' tion, n. recompense 
com' pe tent, a. qualified 
com pile', v. to collect from 

various authors 
com plai sance', n. civility- 
corn' pie ment, n. full number 
com plete', a. perfect, full 
com' plex, a. consisting of 

many parts 
com pli' ance, n. submission 
com' pli cate, v. to entangle 
com pli ca' tion, n. a mixture 

of many things 
com port' a bte, a. consistent 
com pose', v. to put together, 

to quiet, settle 
com pos' i tor, n. he who ar- 
ranges the types in printing 
com po' sure, n. calmness 
com' pound, a., formed of many 

ingredients 
com pre hend', v-. to include, 

to understand 
com press', v. to squeeze 
com prise', v. to include 
com' pro mise, v. to agree 
com pul' so ry, a. forcing 
com punc' tion, n. repentance 
com pute', v. to reckon 
con' cave, «. hollow 
con ceal', v. to hide 
con ce?'t', n. great opinion of 

one's self 
con ceive', v. to understand, 

think 
con eeii' trate, v. to draw into 

a narrow compass 
con cep' tion, n. idea 
con cil' i ate, v. to gain over 
con cise', a. brief, short 
con elude', r. to decide, end, 

finish 
con coct', v. to digest by the 

stomach 
con' cord, n. agreement 
con' course, n. persons assem- 
bled 
oon' crefe, c*. composed of dif- 
ferent materials 

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CON 
con cu' pis cence, n. lust 
con cur' rent, a. acting in con- 
junction 
con cus' sion, n. act of shaking 
con denm', v. to find guilty, to 

censure 
con dem na' tion, n. sentence 

of punishment 
con de seen' sion, 77.- voluntary 

humiliation 
con dign', a. suitable, merited 
con dole', v. to bewail with 
con do' lence, w. grief for the 

sorrows of another 
con du' cive, a. promoting 
con fed e ra' tion, n. alliance, 

league 
con fess' ion, n. the acknow- 
ledgment of a crime 
con flict', v. to fight, to contest 
con for' mi ty, n. compliance 

with 
con fide', v. to trust in 
con' fi dence, n. trust, assu- 
rance 
con fine', v. to limit, restrain 
con firm', v. to settle, strength- 
en 
con fis' cate, v. to transfer pri- 
vate property to public use 
con' flu ence, n. union of sev- 
eral streams 
con for' mi ty, n. similitude 
con fuse', v. to disorder, per- 
plex 
con fute', v. to disprove 
con geal', v. to freeze 
con ge' nial, a. partaking of 

the same genius 
con grat' u late, v. to wish joy 
con gre ga' tion, n. an assem- 
bly met to worship God in 
public 
con gru' 

con jec' ture, n. a guess 
con' ju gal, a. relating to mar- 
riage 
con' ju gate, v. to* join, unite, 
inflect 



ty, n. fitness 



CON 

con Dive', v.. to wink at a fault 
con nois seur', n. a critic, judge 
con nu' bial, a. nuptial 
con' quer, v. to overcome 
con san guin' i ty, n. relation 

by blood 
con' science, n. the faculty by 
which we judge of the good- 
ness or wickedness of our- 
selves 
con sci en' tious, a. scrupulous, 

exactly just 
con' scious, a. inwardly per- 
. suaded 

con' se crate, v. to make sacred 
con' se quence, n. effect 
con sign', v. to make over 
con sis' ten cy, n. agreement 
con sole', v. to cheer, to com- 
fort, revive 
con sol' i date, ^. to harden, 

combine 
con spic' u ous, a. eminent 
con spir' a cy, n. a plot, treason 
con' stan cy, n. firmness 
con sti tu' tion, n. state of be- 
ing, temper of body or mind, 
form of government 
con strain', v. to compel 
con struct', v. to build 
con strue', v. to explain, to 

translate 
con sume', v. to spend, destroy, 

waste away 
con sump' tion, n. act of con- 
suming ; a disease 
con ta' gious, a. infectious 
con tarn' i nate, v. to defile 
con temrc\ v. to despise, scorn 
con tempt' i ble, a. mean, de- 
serving contempt 
con tend', v. to dispute, strive 
con tent' ment, n. satisfaction 
con tig' u ous, a. meeting so as 

to touch 
con tin' gent, a. accidental 
con tin' u ance, n. duration 
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COR 

con trast 7 , v. to place in oppo- 
sition 
con' tra band, a. prohibited, 

unlawful 
con tract', v. to draw together, 

bargain 
con tra diet', v. to oppose, deny 
con tra ri' e ty, n. opposition 
con' tra ry, n. a thing- of oppo- 
site qualities to another 
con trib' ute, v. to give, to bear 

a part 
con tri' vance, n. a plan, a plot 
con trol', v. to check 
con tu ma' cious, a. obstinate 
con tu' sion, n. a bruise 
con va les' cence, n. renewal 

of health, recovery 
con vene', v. to call together, 

to assemble 
con verge', v. to tend to one 

point 
con voke', v. to summons 
con ve' ni ent, a. fit, proper 
con ven' tion, n. an assembly 
con ver sa' tion, n. familiar 

discourse, easy talk 
con vert', #, to change from 

one opinion to another 
con' vex, a. rising in a circu- 
lar form 
con vince', v. to make one 

sensible of 
cool' ness, n. gentle cold 
coop' er, w. a maker of barrels 
co op' e rate, v. to labour for 

the same end 
co' pi ous, a. plentiful, abundant 
cop' u la tive, a. joining or 

mixing together 
co quetfe', n. a gay, airy girl 
cor di al'ity, n. sincerity 
cor po ra' tion, n. a body politic 
cor' pu lent, a. fleshy, bulky 
cor res pon' dence, n. agree- 
ment, fitness, friendship 
cor rob' o rate, v. to confirm 
cor ro' sion, n.the act of eat- 
ing away 



CUP 

cor rus ca' tion, ». a quick vi- 
bration of light 
cor rupt', a. vicious, wicked 
cos mog' ra phy, n. a descrip- 
tion of the universe 
cot' tage, n. a but 
couch, 'is. to repose, to lie down 

— n. a seat of repose 
cov' e riant, n. a contract 
cov' ert, n. a shelter, defence 
cov' et, v. to desire earnestly 
cov' et ous, a. greedy 
coun' ter felt, v. to forge, imi- 
tate 
coun' ter pane, n, coverlet for 

a bed 
coun' ter sign, v. to undersign 
cour' age, n. bravery 
course, n. order of succession 
cour' te sy, % civility 
cow' ar dice, n. want of courage 
cox' comb, n. a fop 
coz' en, v. to cheat 
craft, n. trade, cunning 
crag, n. a steep rock 
crape, n. thin stuff 
era vat', n. a neckcloth 
era' zy, a. broken-witted 
ere a'- tion v n. the act of cre- 
ating the universe 
Cre a' tor, n. the Being that 

bestows existence 
cred' it, n. belief, trust 
cre du' li ty, n. easiness of be- 
lief 
cred' u lous, a. apt to believe 
crim' i nal, n. a person accu- 
sed, or guilty 
cri' sis, n. a critical time 
crouch, v. to stoop low, fawn 
cru' el, a. inhuman, hard- 
hearted 
crys' tal, n. a transparent stone 
cul' pa ble, a. blameable 
cul' ti vate, v. to till, improve 
cul' ture, ?i. act of cultivation 
cun' ning, a. skilful, subtle, 

crafty 
cu pid' i ty, ti. lust 



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cu rips- i ty, n. inquisitiveness 
cur tail', v. to cut off 
cus' to dy, n. imprisonment, 

security 
cus' torn, n. habit, usage 
cu ta' ne ous, a. relating to the 

skin 
cy' cle, n. a round of time 
cy' clo pe dia, n. the whole 

circle of science 
cyg / net, n. a young swan 
cyl' in der, n. a long, round 

body 

D 

Dam' ty, a. delicate, nice 
dal' li ance, n. mutual caresses, 

love 
dal' ly, v. to trifle, delay 
dam' sel, n. a young maiden 
dan' die, v. to fondle 
dan' gle, v. to hang loose 
da' ring, a. bold, fearless 
d&ugh f ter, n. a female child 
daunt' less, a. fearless 
daz' zle, v. to overpower with 

light 
dear, a. beloved, costly 
death, n. extinction of life 
de bate', v. to dispute 
de bar', v. to prevent, hinder 
de base', v. to degrade, to adul- 
terate 
de bauch', v. to corrupt, to 

vitiate, to ruin 
de bil' i ty, n. weakness 
de&t, n. what is another's just 

due 
de cease,' v. to depart from life 
de ceive', v. to impose upon 
de' cen cy, n. modesty, pro- 
priety 
de cep' tion, n. cheat, fraud 
dec la ma' tion, n. an harangue 
de coc' tion, n. a preparation 

by boiling . 
dec' o rate, v. to adorn, to em- 
bellish 



DES 

dec' o rous, a. decent, suitable, 

becoming 
de co' rum, n. decency, oruer 
de coy', v. to allure 
de cree', n. an edict, law, de- 
termination 

de crep' i tude, n. the last 
stage of old age 

ded' i cate, v. to devote to 

de duct', v. to subtract, to sep- 
arate 

de duce', v. to gather, or infer 
from 

de fault', n. neglect, failure 

def er ence, n. regard, res 
pect, submission 

de fine', v. to explain, to decide 

de fraud', v. to cheat 

de gen' e ra cy, n. departure 
from virtue 

de grade', v. to place lower, 
debase 

de ject', v. to cast down, to de- 
press 

del' e gate, n. a deputy, com- 
missioner 

de lir' i um, n. disorder of mind 
insanity 

del' i ca cj, n. softness, nicety 

de light' fill, a. charming 

de lin' quent, n. an offender 

de liv' er, v. to give up 

de lude', v, to deceive 

de moe' ra cy, n. a form of 
government, in which the 
sovereign power is lodged in 
the people 

de nom' i nate, v. to name 

den' si ty, n. closeness 

de part', v. to go away 

de plo' ra bk, a. lamentable 

de po' nent, n. a witness on oath 

de pre' ci ate, v. to lessen in 
value 

dep' u ty, n. one who acts for 
another 

de ris' ion, n. contempt, scorn 

des' o late, v. to waste 



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DJS 

des pair', n. hopelessness, des- 
pondency 
des pe ra' do, n. a furious per- 
son 
de scrip' tion, n. representation 
de serf, v. to forsake 
des' ig nate, v. to point out 

j', v. to scorn 
des' po tism, n. absolute power 
des' ti tute, a. in want of 
de tail', n. minute- account, 

particular relation 
de ter' mins, v. to settle, limit 
de test', v. to bate 
de void', a. destitute, empty 
di' a lect, m manner of ex- 
pression 
.J a logtie, n. a conference 
di' a ry, n. a daily account 
die' tion, n. style of language, 
. expression 
di'et~>i, food 

dif fi cult, a. hard, troublesome 
dig' ni ty, n. rank, importance 
di late', v. to widen 
dil' a to ry, a. slow, tardy 
dil' i genee, n. industry 
di lute', v. to make thin 
dis a fa I. want of power 

.to differ 
dis ap point', v. to defeat of ex- 
pectation 
dh as' ter, n. misfortune 
dis charge', v. to dismiss 
dis' cord, n. disagreement 
dis creet', a. prudent 
dis cuss', v. to examine 
dis c,Tace' ful, a. ignominious 
dis in her'' it, v. to cut off from 

inheritance 
dis miss', if. to send away 
dis pu ta' tion, n. argumentation 
dis re gard', v. to slight 
dis si pa' tion, n. extravagant 

spending 
dis' tich, n. a couple of lines 
. different 
xi:i. Vi to perplex 



EDU 

di vest', v. to strip 

di vin' i ty, n. the science of 

divine things 
do cil' i ty,- n. readiness to learn 
dolt, n. a stupid fellow 
douot' ful, a. uncertain 
down' right, a. in plain terms 
dram, n. the eighth of an ounce 
dra' ma, n. the action Gf a 

play 
drear, a> lone!y,.gloomy, dismal 
dread' ful, a. terrible /frightful 
drop' sy, n. a collection of wa- 
ter in the body 
•drow' sy, a. sleep}-, dull 
drunk' ard, to. one who drinks 

to excess 
dumo, a. incapable of speech * 
dump' ling, n. a sort of pudding 
du' nii cate, n. an exact cop} 

of any thing 
du' ti ful, a. submissive 
dy' nas ty, ?i. government;. 

sovereignty 
dys' en ter y, n. a disease of 

the bowels 



Ea' ger, a. ardent, quick 
ear, to. the organ of hearing 
earn, v. to gain by labour 
earth' quake, n. a tremaur :f 

the earth 
ec cen' trie, a. deviating from 

the centre, irregular, un- 
steady 
e cliy.-se', n. obscuration of a 

luminary 
e con' o my, n . frugality, good 

man 
ed' i fjft% to build, improve 
tion, crdi 

n a DCC 
ed' i f:ce, to. a building 

to mstrritJt 
e di' tion, to. the imi 

a book 
ed' u cate, v. to bring up 



STS 



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EMP 

ef fee' tu al, a. productive of 
effects, completely 

ef fern' i na cy, n. softness, un- 
manly delicacy 

ef fi ca cious, a. powerful 

ef ful' gence, n. lustre, splen- 
dour 

e' go tist, n. one who talks 
much of himself 

e' gress, n. the act of going 
out of any place 

e jac u la' tion, ?i. a short ar- 
dent prayer 

e lab' o rate, a. finished with 
great labour and exactness 

e las' tie, a. springing back, 
recovering 

e late', v. to puff up, to exalt 

e lapse', v. to pass away 

e lee' tion, n. the act of choos- 
ing 

el' e gant, a. pleasing, nice 

el' e gy, n* a mournful pathet- 

- ic poem 

el' e vate, v. to exalt 

e li' cit, v. to bring out, to 
draw from 

el' i gi bie, a. fit to be chosen 

el o cu' tion, n. fluency of 
speech 

el' o quence, n. speaking with 
fluency 

e lope', v, to run away, desert 

e lude', v. to escape, shun 

e lu' ci date, v. to explain 

e lys' ian, a. pleasant, delight- 
ful 

em bar' go, n. a restriction on 
trade 

em bel' lish, v. to adorn 

em' blem, n. a moral device, 
representation 

em' i grate, v. to remove from 
one place to another 

em' is sa ry, n. a spy, a secret 
agent 

e mol' u ment, n, profit 

em' pha sis, n. a remarkable 



EXC 

stress laid upon a word or 
sentence 
em phat' ic al, a. forcible, 

strong 
em ploy', v. to keep at work 
em' u late, v. to rival 
em' u lous, a. desirous to excel 
en clo' sure, n. ground enclosed 
en cour' age, v. to animate 
end' less, a. without end 
en' er gy, n, force, vigour 
en gross', v. to monopolize 
en jo/ ment, n. happiness, fru- 
ition 
en rol', v. to record 
en slave', v. to deprive of lib- 
erty 
en' vy, ». vexation at another's 

good 
ep' i cure, n. one given to 

luxury 
e pis' tie, n. a letter 
e' qual, a. even, uniform 
e' qui ty, n. justice 
e rad' i cate, v. to root up 
er ro' ne ous, a. full of errors 
es' cu lent, a. eatable 
es' sence, n. the nature, sub- 
stance, or being of any thing 
es' ti mate, v. to set a value 
e ter' ni ty, n. endless duration 
e vade', v. to avoid 
ev' i dence, n. proof, witness 
eu' lo gy, n. praise 
Ext ro pe' an, a. belonging to 

Europe 
ex alt', v. to lift up, extol 
ex al ta' tion, n. elevation 
ex as' pe rate, v. to enrage 
ex' ca vate, v, to cut out, to 

make hollow 
ex eel', v, to surpass 
ex cess', n. intemperance 
ex cise', n. a tax levied on 

commodities 
ex cite', v. to stir up, to ani- 
mate 
ex claim', v. to cry out 



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FAN 

ex cul' pate, v. to clear of a 

fault 
ex' e crate, v. to curse 
ex ec' u tive, a. having power 

to act 
ex em' pla ry, a. worthy of 
ex empt', a. free by privilege 
ex er cise, ft. labour, practice 
ex is' tence, n. state of being 
ex on' e rate, v. to release, set 

free 
ex or' di um, ft. an introduction 

to a discourse 
ex ot' ic, ft. a foreign produc- 
tion 
ex panse', ft. an even, wide, 

extended body 
ex pect', v. to wait or look for 
ex per' i ment, ft. trial 
ex ten' sive, a. wide, large 
ex ten' u ate, v. to lessen 
ex te' ri or, a. outward, exter- 
nal 
ex tir' pate, v. to root out, to 

destroy 
ex tract', v. to draw out of, 

select 
ex trav' a gant, a. prodigal 
ex' tri cate, v. to set free 
ex u' ber ance, ft. overgrowth, 

abundance 
ex ult', v. to rejoice, triumph 
ey' ry, ft. a place where birds 
of prey build their nests 



Fab' ri cate, j». to build, forge 
fab' u lous, a. feigned 
fa ce' tious, a. gay, witty 
fa cil' i tate, v. to make easy 
fac' tion, ft. a party, discord 
fac' ul ty , ft . ability, reason 
faith, n. belief, fidelity, promise 

given 
fal' li ble, a. liable to error 
false, a. not true 
fa mil' iar, a, affable, free 
fa nat' ic, ft. an enthusiast 



FOI 

fan tas' tic, a. odd, whimsical 
far' mer, ft. one' who cultivates 

the ground 
fas' ci nate, v. to bewitch 
fash' ion, ft. form, custom 
fa tal' i ty, ft. decree of fate 
fa tigwe', 7i. weariness 
feath' er, ft. the plume of birds 
feel, v. to perceive by the touch 
fe li' ci ty, ft. happiness 
fel' low ship, ft. society, equality 
fel' o nj^ ft. a capital offence or 

crime 

fern' i nine, a. female, delicate 
fer men ta' tion, ft. an inward 

motion of the small parts of 

mixed bodies 
fe ro' cious, a. savage, fierce 
fer' vent, a, ardent, zealous 
fes' tivc, a. joyous, gay, happy 
fie' tion, ft. a story invented 
fiend, ft. an infernal being 
fierce, a. savage,, furious 
fi del' i ty, ft. honesty, faithful- 
ness 
fir i al, a. befiting a son 
filth' y, a. foul, gross 
fin' ic al, a. nice, foppish 
fin' is, ft. the end, conclusion 
fi' nite, a. limited, bounded 
fir' ma ment, ft. the sky 
fiat' ter, v. to sooth with praise 
fla' vour, ft. taste, relish, sweet 

smell 
flax, ft. the plant of which linen 

is made 
fleet, ft. a company of ships 
Aim' sy, a. weak, feeble 
flo' rist, ft. one who cultivates 

flowers 
flo' rid, a. flushed with red 

blooming, rosy 
flue' tu ate, v. to change 
fo' cus, ft. the point where rays 

of light meet 
fog, ft. a thick mist 
foi' ble, ft. weakness, failing 
foil, v. to defeat, overcome 



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GES 
fo' li o, n. a larg*e book, in 
which every sheet makes 
two leaves 
fop, n. a coxcomb, one fond of 

dress 
for lorn', a. helpless, solitary** 
.for 7 mal, a. ceremonious, me- 
thodical 
for mal' i ty, n, ceremony 
for' ti tude, n. courage, strength 
fra' grant, a. sweet of smell 
fra ter' nal, a. brotherly 
frai^d, n. deceit, artifice 
fre.ii' zy, m madness of mind 
friend' ship, to, favour, kindness 
M gid 5 a. r oe% stupia^uil 

, to. an employment, 
or occupation 
fa' tile, a. trifling, worthless 
fu in* ri ty, n. time to come 



Gam, n. profit, advantage 
gam' sa*>. v. to contradict, op- 
pose 
gal' ax y, n. the milky way 
gal' Ion, n. a measure of four 

quarts 
gam' bol, v. to dance, to frolic 
gar' nish, v._ to decorate 
era 7 :' dy, a. showy 
ga zetfe', to. a news- a^cr 
gen e al' o gy , n. history of 

family descents 
gen -er al' i ty^ n. bulk, common 

mass 
gen teel', a. polite, graceful 
ge. V u ine, a. true, real, natu- 
ral 
ge og f ra phy, to. knowledge of 

the earth 
ge om'e tvy, n. the science of 
quantity, extension, or mag- 
nitude, abstractly considered 
germ, n. a sprouting seed 
ges' ture,?i. posture, movement 
of the bodv 



HAR 

gew' gaw, to. a toy, a bauble 
g/iast' ly, a. like a ghost, pale. 

horrible 
gid' dy, a. heedless 
giz' zard, n. the musculous 

stomach of a fowl 
glee, 71. joy, merriment, mirth 
gloom, 7i. neaviness of mind 
God, n, the Supreme Being 
g-or' gon, n. something ugly or 

horrid 
gos' pel, n. the holy book cf 

the Christian revelation 
gos' sip, v. to prate, to tattle _■ 
gra' cious, a. merciful, kind 
gram' mar, to. the science of 

speaking correctly 
gran' 11 late, v. to form into 

small- gt 
graph' i cal delineated 

gra' fis, a. without reward 
gtat' i tude, n. duty to bene- 
factors 
grav' i ty , to. s e r i ou s n e 9 s 
griev' ous, a. painful, afflicted 
grim ace', to. distortion of the 

countenance 
guile', to. deceit, cunning 
gut' tu ral, a. pronounced in 

the throat 

H 

Ha bit' i ment,ft. dress, clothes, 

a pare! 
hat? it, 71. state of any thing, 

custom 
hab ita' (ion, to. place of abode 
hag' gard, to. any thing distort- 
ed or deformed 
hal'cy on, a. placid, mild, calm 
ham 7 mer, n. an instrument to 

drive nails 
hand' ker chief, n. a piece of 
silk or linen to wipe the face 
hamf some, a. beautiful 
han' dy, a. ready, skilful 
har mo' ni ous, a. musical, well 
adapted 



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153 



HYS 

ha rangwe', n. a speech 
hard' ship, n. fatigue 
harm* less, a, innocent 
.ar' mo ny, n. concord 
har' vest, n. the season of reap- 
ing 
hatch' et, n. a small axe 
hav' oc, n. devastation, de- 
struction 
hawk, n. a bird of prey 
haz' ard, n. chance, danger 
heal' ing, part, mild, assuasive 
help' ful, a. useful, salutary 
hem' is phere, n. the half of the 

globe 
help' ful, a. useful, salutary 
herd, n. a flock of cattle 
hes' i tate, v. to doubt, pause 
hi' er ar chy, n. an ecclesiasti- 
cal government 
high' way, n. a great road 
his to' ri an, n. a writer of his- 
tory 
horn' age, n. veneration, sub- 
mission, respect 
/ion' es ty, n. justice, truth, 

purity 
hos' pi tal, n. a receptacle for 

the sick 
hos' pi ta ble, a. kind to stran- 
gers, friendly 
hos til' i ty, n. open war 
hu mane', a. kind, benevolent 
hu mid' i ty, n. moisture 
hu' mid, a. wet, moist 
hu mil' i ty, n. lowness of mind 
hun' gry , a. in want of food 
hus' band, n. a married man 
hy drau' lies, n. the science of 
conveying water through 
pipes 
hy dro stat' ics, n. the science 

of weighing fluids 
hy e' na, n* a fierce animal like 

a wolf 
hyp' o crite, n. a dissembler in 

religion 
hys ter' ics, n. fits 



ir T 



I de' a, n. mer;*al image 

id' i om, n. a articular mode 

of speech 
id' i ot, n. one v< -id of sense 
i dol' a try, n. the worship of 

images 
ig' no ranee, n. want of knowl- 
edge 
il le' gal, a. contrary to law 
il li' cit, a. unlawful, unfit 
il lit' er ate, a. unlearned 
il lus' trate, v. to explain 
il lus' tri ous, a. noble 
im be cil' i ty, n. weakness, 

credulity 
im bibe', v. to drink in, to re- 
ceive 
im mer' sion, n. the act of dip- 
ping under water 
im mure', v. to enclose, to shut 

U P , , 
im mac u late, a. pure, spot- 
less 
im men' si ty, n. infinity 
im mor' tal, a. never to die 
im mu' ni ty, n. privilege 
im pen' i tent, a. obdurate 
im pi' e ty, n. wickedness 
im pugn', v. to attack, assault 
im pu' ri ty, n. corruption, 

lewdness 
in a bil' i ty, n. want of power 
in ces' sant, a. continual 
in dem' ni fy, v. to maintain 

unhurt 
in' di gence, n. want 
in' do lence, n. laziness 
in*duce', -v. to influence, per- 
suade 
in due', i\ to invest, to furnish 

with 
in erf, a. sluggish, motionless 
in ev' i ta ble, a. unavoidable 
in' fan cy, n. first part of life 
in feet', v. to taint, to pollute 
in' fi nite, a. unbounded, great 
in flate', v. to swell or puff up 
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JUN 

in fleet', v. to change, to vary 
in' flux, n. act of flowing into 
in fringe 1 , v. to violate 
in fuse','*;, to instil, to inspire 
in gra' ti ate, 'v. to get into fa- 
vour 
in grat' i-tude, n. unkindness 
in gulf, v. to swallow down 
in hale', v\ to breathe 
in im' i'cal, a. hostile, adverse 
in i' ti ate, v. to admit, instruct 
in' no cent, a. free from guilt 
in u en' do, n. an oblique hint 
in sip' id, a. without taste 
in spire', v. ta breathe or infuse 

into 
in stiF, v. to infuse by drops 
in.' sti tute, v. to fix, establish 
in' tel lect, n. perception, un- 
derstanding 
in tern' per ance, n. excess 
in tense', a. vehement, ardent 
in ter', v, to bury, to put under 

ground 
in tox' i cate, v. to make drunk 

J 

Ja' cent, a. lying at length, 

extended 
ja' cinth, n. a precious gem 
jack' all, n. a beast somewhat 

like a fox ^ 

ja pan', n. a varnish made to 

work in colours 
jar' gon, n. nonsensical talk 
jas' per, n. a precious stone 
jave' lin, n. a spear 
jaunt, n. a ramble or excursion 
jeal' ous y, n. suspicion, fear 
jeop' ar dy, n. danger, peril 
ju' bi lee, n. a public festival 
ju di' cial, a. done in forms of 

justice 
ju di' cious, a. prudent, wise, 

skilful 
jug' gle, v. to play tricks by 

slight of hand 
junc' tion, n. union, coalition 



LAP 

juris pru' dence, n. the science 

of law 
jus' tice, n. equity 
ju' ve nile, a. young, youthful 

K 

Keel, n* the bottom of a ship 
keen, a. sharp, piercing 
ken, n. view, reach of sight 
ker' nel, n. the substance in a 

shell 
kid' nap, v. to steal human be- 
ings 
kin' dred, n. affinity, relation 
king' dom, n. the dominion of 

a king 
&nack, n. dexterity, readiness 
/ma' ve ry, n. dishonesty 
knowY edge, n. skill, learning 
A?nuc' kle, n. the joint of the 
finger 



La' bel, n. a short description 

upon any thing 
lab' o ra to ry, n. the work 

house of a chemist 
la bo' ri ous, a. diligent in work 
lab' y rinth, n. a maze full of 

windings 
la' cer ate, v. to tear in pieces 
la con' ic, a. short, brief 
lad' der, n. a frame with steps 
la' ding, n. freight, cargo of a 

ship 
lam en ta' tion, n. expression 

of sorrow 
lam poon', n. a personal satire 
Ian' cet, n. a small pointed in- 
strument 
land' scape, n. prospect of a 

country 
Ian' guor, n. want of strength 
Ian' guage, n. human speech 
Ian' guish, v. to grow feeble 
lap' i da ry, n, one wlio deals 

in stones or gems 
lapse, v. to fall from truth to 

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LIT 

i ous ness, n. 



wanton- 



las civ 
ness 
las' si tude, n. weariness, fa- 
tigue 
la' tent, a. secret, hidden 
lat' i tude, n. extent, liberty ; 
distance from the equator, 
either north or south 
lau' rel, n. an evergreen tree, 
lav' ish, a. profuse, extrava- 
gant 
lav' en der, n. a plant 
league, n confederacy ; three 

miles 
learn" ing, n. literature 
leath' er, n, the dressed hides 

of animals 
leg' a cy, n. what is left by will 
jle' gal, a. according to law 
le' gend,n. a fabulous narrative 
le' gi ble, a. such as may be read 
le gis la' tion, n. the act of giv- 
ing laws 
le git' i ma cy, n. lawful birth 
lei' sure, n. freedom from busi- 
ness 
len' i ent, a. mild, assuasive 
lev' i ty , n. vanity, inconsistency 
lex i cog 7 ra pher, n. a writer 

of dictionaries 
lex' i con, n. a dictionary 
li' bel, n. slander, defamation 
lib er al' i ty, n. generosity 
lib' er ate, v. to set free, release 
li' bra ry, n. a large collection 

of books 
li' cense, n. permission, liberty 
li'cen' tious, a. unrestrained, 

disorderly 
lig' a ment, n. a band to tie 

parts together 
light' some, a. luminous, gay, 

airy 
lig' ne ous, a. made of wood 
lim' it, n. bound, border 
lit' e ral, a. not figurative, ex- 
act 
lit er a' ti, n. men of learning 



MAR 

lit' er a ture, n. learning, skill 

in letters 
lit i ga' tion, n. contention at 

law 
lo'cal, a. relating to place 
Ion gev' i ty, n. length of life 
lo qua' cious, a. full of trifling 

talk 
lu' mi na ry, n. any body that 

gives light 
lungs, n. organs of breathing j 
lure, v. to entice 
lurk, v. to lie in wait 
lus' cious, a. sweet, pleasing 
lus' tre, n. brightness 
lux u' ri ance, n, exuberance, 

plenty 
lux' u ry, n. voluptuousness 

M 

Ma' gis trate, n. a man public- , 

ly invested with authority 
mag nan im' i ty, n. greatness | 

of mind 
mag 7 net, n. a stone that at- 
tracts iron 
mag nif i cent, a. fine, splen- 
did, pompous 
mag' ni fy, v. to make great 
mal e fac' tor, n. a criminal 
ma lev' o lence, h. ill will, spite 
ma' ni ac, n. a mad person 
man' i fest, a. plain, evident 
man' i fold, a. many in number 
man' tie, n. a cloak 
man' u al, a. performed by the 

hand 
man u fac' ture, v. to make by 

art 
man' u scriot, n. a written 

book, not printed 
ma rau' der, n. a plunderer, a 

robber 
ma rine', a. belonging to the 

sea 
mar' i ner, n. a seaman 
mar 7 riage, n. the act of uniting 
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MUL 

mar' tyr, n. one who dies for 

the truth 
ma tu' ri ty, n. ripeness 
roe ii a' tor, n. an inter poser, 

an adviser 
me di oc' ri ty, n. middle state 
med' i cine, n. physic 
med' i tate **; to think, muse 
meed, n, reward, g-ift 
mel' i e rate, v. to make better, 

to improve 
mel' o dy, ?i. music, harmony 

of sound 
me nace', i\ to threaten 
men' di cant, n, a beggar 
men' tal, a. relating to the 

mind 
mer' ci ful, a. compassionate 
me trop' o lis, n. the chief city 

of any country 
mi' grate, b. to remove, to 

change place 
mi li' tia, n. national force 
mim' ic, a, apish, imitative 
min' er al, n. a fossil 
min er al' o gy, n. the doctrine 

of minerals 
min' ion, w. a favourite servant 
mi' nor, ?i. one not of age 
mir' a cle, n. something above 

human power 
mis an' thro py, n. hatred of 

mankind 
mod' es ty, n. decency, chastity 
mod u la' tion^ n. agreeable 

harmony 
mon' o dy, n. a poem sung by 

another person 
mo nop' o ly, n. sole privilege 

of selling 
mon' u ment, n. any thing to 

perpetuate memory 
mo ral' i ty, n. doctrine of the 

duties of life 
mor tal' i ty, n, subjection to 

death 
mor' ti fy, v. to humble, corrupt 
i tude, n. a crowd 



NEG 

mu ni' ci pal, a. belonging to a 

con: oration 
mu nil' i cent, a. bountiful 
mu ni' tion, n, resources for war 
mur / der, n. the act of killing 

a man unlawfully 
mur raur, v. to grumble 
mu' se urn, n. a repository o r 

curiosities 
mu' sic, n. the science of 

sounds, harmony 
mu' ta oh?, a. alterable, unset- 
tled 
mu ta' tion, n. act of changing 
mu' ti ny, n. sedition, revolt 
rrm' tu al, a. reciprocal 
mys' te ry, n> something above 

human intelligence 
my thoi' o gy, n. system of the 
fabulous history of the gods 
of the heathen world 

N 

Na' dir, n. the point directly 
under our feet 

na' ked, a. uncovered, bare 

nap' kin, n. a cloth to wipe the 
hands, &c. 

nar cot' ic, a. causing torpor 
or sleep 

nar' ra tive, n. a relation, an 
account 

na' tal, «. relating to nativity 

na tiv' i ty, n. birth 

na' ture, n. the native state of 
any thing 

na' val, a. belonging to ships 

nav i ga' tion, n. the art of 
passing by water 

nau' se ous, a. loathsome, dis- 
gustful 

nau'ti cal, a. pertaining to ships 

neb' u lous, a. misty, cloudy 

ne fa' ri ous, a. wicked 

neg' a tive, n. a position that 
denies 

neg lect', n. inattention, care- 
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ne go' ti ate, v. to traffic, to 

treat 
neigh' bour, n. one who lives 

near to another 
nerve, n. an organ of sensation 
neu' ter, a. of neither party 
nig' gard, n. a sordid person 
nin' ny, n, a fool, a simpleton 
noc tur' nal, a. nightly 
no' ta ry, n. an officer who pro- 
tests bills, &c. 
no to' ri ous, a. publicly known 
nov' el, n. a feigned story or 

tale 
nov' el ty, n. newness, innova- 
tion 
nov' ice, n. an ignorant person 
nox' ious, a. hurtful, offensive 
nu' ga to ry, a. trifling, futile 
mil' li ty, n. want of force 
nu me ra' tion, n. the art of 

numbering 
nup' tial, a. pertaining to mar- 
riage 
nur' ture, n. education, in- 
struction 
nu' tri ment, n. food 
nu tri' tious, a. nourishing 

O 

Oath, n. a solemn appeal to 

heaven 
ob' du rate, a. stubborn 
o be' di ence, n. submission 
o bei' sance, n. act of reverence 
bb' e lisk, n, a pyramid 
o bit' u a ry, n. a register of 

the dead 
ob ject', v. to oppose 
ob li ga' tion, n. engagement, 

contract 
ob lique', a. not direct 
ob lit' er ate, v. to efface 
ob hV i on, n. forge tfulness 
ob' lo quy, n. blame, slander 
ob nox' ious, a, subject, liable 
ob scene', a. immodest, dis- 
gusting 



ORB 

ob scu' ri ty, n. darkness 
ob' se quies, n. funeral solem 

nities 
ob se' qui ous, a. obedient, sub- 
missive 
ob ser' vi ent, a. attentive 
ob ser' va to ry, n. a place a- 
dapted for making astronom- 
ical calculations 
ob' so lete, a, out of use 
ob' sta cle, n. hinderance, ob- 
struction 
ob' sti nate, a. stubborn, fixed 
ob trude', v. to thrust into a 

place by force 
ob' vi ate, v. to prevent 
ob' vi ous, a, easily discovered 
oc cult', d. secret, hidden 
oc' cu py, v. to possess 
oc cur', v. to happen, to appear 
oc ta' vo, n. a sheet folded into 

eight leaves 
oc' u lar, a. known by the eye 
o' di ous, a. hateful, abominable 
o' di um, n, hatred, blame 
o' dor ous, a. fragrant 
of fi' cial, a. pertaining to an 

office 

of fi' ci ate, v. to perform an- 
other's duty 
of fi' cious, a. forward, kind 
off' spring, n. production 
om nip' o tent, a. almighty 
o pa' ci ty, n. darkness 
o 7 pal, n. a precious stone 
op' e ra, n. a musical enter- 
tainment 
op e ra' tion, n. agency, influ- 
ence 
op pres' sion, n. cruelty 
op pro' bri ous, a. reproachful 
op' tic, a. relating to the sight 
op' tion, n. choice, power of 

choosing 
op' u lence, n. wealth, riches 
or' a to ry, n. eloquence 
or' bit, n. the path in which a 
planet moves 



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PAR 

or' ches tra, n. a gallery for 

musicians 
or dain', v. to appoint, invest 
or 7 de al, n. a trial by fire or 

water 
or 7 di na ry, a. regular, common 
or gan' ic, a. instrumental 
or' gies, n. fantastic revels 
or i en' tal, a. eastern 
or' i fice, n. an opening 
or' i gin, n. beginning, source 
or i' gin ate, v. to come into 

existence 
or' na ment, n. decoration 
or' phan, n. a child who has 

lost father or mother, or both 
or' tho dox, a: sound in opinion 
or' tho e py, n. the right pro- 
nunciation of words 
or thog' ra phy, n, the art of 

spelling 
os cil la' tion, n. the moving 

like a pendulum 
os ten' si big, a, apparent 
os ten ta' tion, n. outward show 
out' rage, n. violence, mischief 



Pa cif ic, a. peace-making 

pa' ci fy, v. to compose 

pa' gan, n. a heathen 

pa' geant, a. showy, pompous 

pal' pi tate, v. to beat as the 
heart 

pam' per, v. to feed luxuriously 

pam' phlet, n. a small unbound 
book 

pan e gyr' ic, n. praise 

pan' ic, n. violent fright with- 
out cause 

pan' try, n. a room for provision 

par' a graph, n. a distinct part 
of a discourse 

par' al lei, a. equal 

par' a mour, n. a lover or mis- 
tress 

parch' ment, n. skins dressed 
for writing 



PER 

pa ren'tal, a. becoming parents 
par' ley, n* conversation 
pai^ o dy, 7i. change of an- 
other's words 
par' ox ism, n* a fit 
par' si mo ny, n. cove xusness 
part' ner ship, n. joint interest 
pa ter' nal, a. fatherly 
pa thet' ic, a. moving 
path' os, n. warmth, passion, 

feeling 
pa' tri arch, n. head of a fam- 
ily or church 
pat' ri ot, n. a real lover of his 

country 
pat' ro nise, v. to support 
pa vil' ion, n. a tent 
pau' per, n. one who lives by 

charity 
peace' a ble, a. free from war 
pear' ly, a. like a pearl 
pea*' ant, n. one who lives by 

rural labour 
pec u la' tion, n. theft of pub 

lie money 
pe cu' ni a ry, a. relating to 

money 
pe cu' liar, a particular 
ped' ant, n. one vain of low 

knowledge 
ped' i gree, n. lineage, descent 
pel lu' cid, a. transparent, clear 
pen' al ty, n. punishment, for- 
feiture 
pen' ance, n. atonement 
pen' du lum, n. any weight 

hung to swing backwards 

and forwards 
pen' e trate, v. to pierce 
pen' u ry, n. poverty 
per cep' ti ble, a. such as may 

be known 
per fee' tion, n. state of being 

perfect 
per pet' u al, a. never ceasing 
per' se cute, v. to pursue 
per spic' u ous, a. clear 
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PLA 

per vade', v. to fill, to pass into 
per verse', n. obstinate, stub- 
born 
pe ti' tion, v. to supplicate 
pet' u lence, ft. peevishness 
phe nom' e non, n, an extraor- 
dinary appearance 
phi Ian thro py, ft. love of 

mankind 
phys' ic, ft. the science of heal- 
ing, medicines 
phys i ol' o gy, ft. the doctrine 
of the constitution of the 
works of nature 
pic' ture, ft. a resemblance in 

colours 
pi' e ty, ft. holiness, sanctity 
piF fer, v. to steal 
pig' my, ft. a very small person, 

a dwarf 
pil' grim, ft. a traveller, a wan- 
derer 
pil' lage, v, to plunder 
pil' lo ry, ft. an instrument of 

punishment 
pin' ion, ft. the wing of a fowl 
pin' na cle, ft. the summit 
pi' ous, a. devout, godly 
pique, ft. ill will, petty malice 
pi' ra cy, ft. the act of robbing 

on the sea 
pit' e ous, a, sorrowful, tender 
pit' tance, ft. an allowance 
piv' ot, ft. a pin on which any 

thing turns 
pla' ca ble, a. that which may 

be appeased 
pla' cid, a. mild, quiet 
plan' et, ft. a moving star 
plain' tiff, n. he who commences 

a suit 
plain' tive, a. expressive of 

sorrow 
plas' tic, a. having power to 

form 
plau' dit, ft. applause, approba- 
tion 
plan' si ble, a. pleasing, decep- 
tive 



PRE 

pleas' an try, ft. gaiety, lively 

talk 
pie' be ian, n. a low person 
plen i po ten' tia ry, n. a nego- 
tiator for a prince or state 
plen' i tude, ft. fulness 
pli' a ble, a. liable to bend 
plight, n. condition, state 
plu' mage, n. a suit of feathers 
plumfr' er, n. one who works in 

lead 
plum' met, ft. a leaden weight, 

a pencil 
plun' der, v. to pillage, to rob 
plu' ral, a. implying more 

than one 
pneu mat' ics, ft. the doctrine 

of the air 
poi^n' an cy, ft. sharpness, as- 
perity 
po lice', n. the regulation of a 

city 
pol' i tics, ft. the science of 

governments 
pol lute', v. to defile, corrupt 
po lyg' a my, ft. plurality of 

wives 
pop u lar 7 i ty, ft. state of being 

favoured by the people 
pop u la' tion, ft. the number 

of people 
por' tage, ft. price for carriage 
por' tal, ft. a gate or door 
por tend', v. to forebode 
por' ti co, ft. a covered walk 
po si f tion, ft. situation 
pos' i tive, ft. absolute, certain 
pos ter' i ty, n. descendants 
pre diet', v. to foretel 
pre dis pose', v. to dispose be- 
forehand 
pre dom' i nant, a. prevalent 
pre ex ist', v. to exist before 
pref ' ace, ft. an introduction to 

a book 
pre' feet, ft. a governor 
pref er ence, ft. estimation 
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pre fer' merit, n. advancement 

pre lim' i na ry, a. previous, in- 
troductory 

pre med' i tate, v. to think be- 
forehand 

pre' mi urn, n. a reward pro- 
posed 

pre^ i dent, n. one at the head 
of others 

pre scribe', v. to order, direct 

pre sume', v. to suppose, af- 
firm 

pre var' i cate, v. to cavil, to 
quibble 

pri' ma ry, a. first in order 

pri me' val, a. original ; such 
as was at first 

prob' lem, n. a question pro- 
posed for solution 

proc la ma' tion, n. public no- 
tice given by authority 

prod i gal' i ty, n. profusion 

pro di' gious, a. amazing-, vast 

pro' duct, n. amount, profit 

prof li gate, n. an abandoned 
wretch 

pro fuse', a. lavish, wasteful 

prog- nos' tic, n. token, predic- 
tion 

pro lif ic, a. fruitful 

pros per' i ty, n. success, good 
fortune 

pul' mo na ry, a. belonging to 
the lungs 

pul' ver ize, v. to reduce to 
powder 

punc' tu al, a. exact, nice 

pun' ish ment, n. any infliction 
imposed for a crime 

pu' ri ty, n. cleanness, chastity 

pyg' my, n. a dwarf 

Q 

Quack, n. an ignorant pre- 
tender 

quad' ru ped, n. a four-footed 
animal 

quad' ru pig, a. four-fold 



RAP 

quaint, a. very exact, nice 
qual' i fy, v. to prepare, to 

make fit 
qual i fi ca' tion, n. an accom 

plishment 
qua/m, ri. sudden fit of sickness 
quar' rel some, a. inclined to 

brawls 
quar' ter, n. the fourth part 
quar' to, n. a book of which 
every leaf is a quarter of a 
sheet 
quash, v. to crush, to subdue 
quick' en, v. to make alive 
quencit, v. to extinguish fire 
quer' u lous, a. habitually com- 
plaining 
qui' e tude, n. rest, repose 
quit' tance, n. a receipt 
quiv' er, v. to tremble, to vi- 
brate 
quo ta' tion, n. a passage quoted 
quo' ta, n. share, rate, propor- 
tion 
quo' tient, a. the quantity pro- 
duced by dividing one num- 
ber by another 

R 

Rab' bte, n. an assemblage of 
low people 

ra' di ant, a. shining 

rail' le ry, n. satire, ridicule 

rai' ment, n. garment, dress 

ram' ble, n. an irregular ex- 
cursion 

ram i fi ca' tion, n. a division, 
a branching out 

ram' part, n. the wall round 
fortified places 

ran' cor ous, a. malignant, ma- 
licious 

ran' dom, a. done by chance 

ran' sack, v. to plunder, search 

ran' som, n. a price paid for 
liberty 

rap' id, a. swift 

rap' ture, n. ecstacy, transport 



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EEF 

rar e fac' tion, n, an extension 

of the parts of any body 
rat' i fy, v. to confirm 
ra' tion al, a. agreeable to rea- 
son 
a' tio, n. proportion, a rate 
av' age, v. to lay waste, to 

pillage 
av' en ous, a. ferocious, vora- 
cious 
av' ish, v. to violate by force 
raze, v, to overthrow, to ex- 
tirpate 
re al' i ty, n, real existence, 

truth 
re an' i mate, v. to restore to 

life again 
rear, v. to raise up 
re bate', v. to lessen 
re bel' lion, n. an insurrection 
re bound', v.. to spring- back 
re buff', n. a sudden resistance 
re buke', v. to chide, censure 
re cede', v. to fall back, to re- 
tire 
re cep' ta cl#, n. a place to re- 
ceive things 
re cep' tion, n* the act of re- 
ceiving 
re cess', n. retirement 
re cip' ro cal, a. mutual 
re cite', v. to repeat 
re claim', v. to reform, reeal 
rec' og nise, v, to acknowledge 
re coil', v, to rush back 
rec' cm perise, v. to repay, to 

requite 
re cord', v. to register 
rec re a' tion, n. relief after 

toil, diversion 
re cruif , v. to repair, augment 
re com mend', v. to praise to 

another 
rec' ti tude, n. uprightness 
re fine', v. to purify 
re frac' to ry, a. obstinate 
re frain', v. to hold back, for- 
bear 



RES 

re fresh' ment, n. relief, food, 

rest 
ref ' uge, n. a shelter from dan- 
ger 
re ful' g*ent, a. bright, shining- 
re fute', v. to prove false 
re gale', v. to refresh, to gratify 
re gen' er ate, v. to reproduce 
re' gi men, n, diet in time of 

sickness 
re' gis ter, n. a list, record 
re hearse', v. to recite previ- 
ously 
re im burse', v. to pay back 

again 
re in state', v. to put again in 

possession 
re lapse', v. to fall back to a 

former state 
re lax', v. to slacken 
re li' ance, n. trust 
re li' gion, n. a system of faith 

and worship 
re lin' quish, v. to quit, give up 
re miss', a. slothful, careless 
re morse', n. sorrow for a fault 
re move', v. to put from its 

place 
re mote', a. distant 
ren' o vate, v. to renew 
re past', n, act of taking- food 
re per' to ry, n, a book of re- 
cords 
re plen' ish, v. to stock, fill up 
re plete', a. full, perfect 
re pose', n. rest, sleep 
re pos' i to ry, n. a storehouse 
or place where things are 
safely preserved 
rep re hend', v. to reprove 
re pug y nant, a. contrary, op- 
posite 
re pulse', v. 'to -beat back 
rep u ta' tion, n. credit 
re' qui em, n. a hymn, or 

prayer for the dead 
res' cue, v. to set free from 
danger 



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SAD 

re serve', v. to retain, lay up 
res' i due, n. the remaining 

part 
re/ o lute, a. firm 
re9 pire', vl to breathe 
res' pite, n. pause, interval 
res ti tu' tion, n. the act of re- 
storing" 
re sume', v. to begin again 
re tire' ment, n. private abode 
re veal', t). to disclose, impart 
re vere', v. to venerate 
re voke', v. to repeal 
rev o lu' tion, n. a change in 

government 
rhet' o ric, n. the act of speak- 
ing 
right' eous, a. just, virtuous 
ri' gid, a. stiff, severe 
ri' ot, n. an uproar 
riv' er, n. a large stream of 

water 
rogwe, n. a knave, wag 
rug' ged, a. rough, surly 
rus' tic, a. rural, rude, simple 
ruth' less, a. cruel, pitiless 

S 

Sa ba'oth, n. hosts or armies 

sab' bath, n. the day of rest 
and worship 

sab' ine, n. a plant 

sa' ble, a, dark, black 

sa' bre, n. a. short sword. 

sa cer do' tal, a. belonging to 
the priesthood 

sach' em, n. the chief of an In- 
dian tribe 

sac' ra ment, n. an oath ; the 
Lord's supper 

sa' cred, a. holy, consecrated 

sac' ri fice, v. to offer up,, to 
destroy 

sac' ri lege, n. the robbery of 
a church 

sad, a. sorrowful, heavy, gloo- 
my, bad 

sad' die, n. the seat which is 



SAL 

put upon the horse for the 
accommodation of the driver 

safe, n. a buttery, a pantry 

safe' guard, n. defence, pro- 
tection, security 

safe' ty, n. freedom from danger 

saf fron, n. a plant 

sa ga' ci ty, n. acuteness of 
perception 

sage, n. a man of wisdom, a 
plant 

sa' g*o, n. a kind of eatable 
grain 

sail, ?i. a canvass sheet, ship 
wing 

sail' or, n. a seaman, one used 
to the sea 

sam' foin, u. a kind of herb 

saint, n. a person eminent for 
piety and virtue 

sake, n. final cause, purpose, 
account 

sa la' cious, a. lustful, lecher- 
ous 

sal' ad, n. a food composed of 
raw herbs 

sal' a man der, n. an animal 
supposed to live in the fire 

sal' a ry, n. stated hire, annual 
or periodical payment 

sale, n, the act of selling, vent, 
market 

sales' man, n. one who sell 
clothes ready made 

sa line', a. consisting of salt 

sal' low, (u sickly, yellow 

sa/rn' on, n. a delicious well- 
known fish 

salt, a. haying the taste of salt 

salt pe' tre, n._ nitre 

sa lu' bri ous, a. wholesome 

sal' u ta ry, a. healthful 

sal u ta' tion, n. a greeting 

sal' vage, n. a reward allowed 
for goods saved out of a 
wreck 

sal va' tion, n.. preservation 
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SAT 
same, «. identical, of the like 

kind, &c. 
sam' phire, n. a plant preserv- 
ed in pickle 
sam' pie, n. a specimen, part 

of a whole 
san' a tiv#, a. powerful to cure 
sane' ti fy, v. to make holy 
sane' tion, n. ratification, con- 
firmation 
sane' ti ty, n. holiness 
sane' tu a ry, n, a holy place 
sand, n, gravelly earth, barren 

land 
san' dal, n. a sort of shoe 
sand' box, n. a plant 
sane, a. sound, healthy 
san' guine, a. red, having' the 

colour of blood 
san' he drim, n. the chief coun- 
cil among the Jews 
san' i ty, n. soundness of mind 
std, n. the vital juice of plants 
sap' id, a. tasteful, palatable 
sa' pi erd, a. wise, prudent 
sap' phire, n, a precious stone 

of a blue colour 
sar' easm, n. a keen reproach 
sarce' net, n. fine, thin woven 

silk 
sar' dine, n. a precious stone 
sar sa pa ril' la, n. both a tree 

and a plant 
sash, n. a silk belt, a window 
that lets up and down hj 
pulleys 
sas' sa-fras, n. a tree used in 

physic 
sa' tan, n. the prince of hell, 

the devil 
satch' el, n. a little bag used 

by schoolboys 
sat' el lite, n. an inferior or 

secondary planet 
sa' ti ate, v. to satisfy, to fill 
sa ti' e ty, n. more than enough 
sat' in, n. a soft, close, and 
shining silk 



SCI 
sat' ire, n. a poem censuring 

vice or folly 
sat' is fy, v. to content, please, 

convince 
sat' ur ate, v. to impregnate till 

no more can be received 
sa' turn, n. a planet 
sa' tyr, n. a sylvan god 
sauce, n. something- eaten with 

food to improve its taste 
sau' cy, a. pert, petulent, inso- 
lent 
saun' ter, v. to wander about 

idly 
sav' age, a. wild, uncultivated, 

barbarous 
sa van' na, n. an open meadow 
save, v. to. preserve from dan- 
ger or destruction 
sav' in, n. a plant 
sa' ving, a. frugal, parsimo- 
nious, not lavish 
sa' vour, n. scent, odour 
sa' voy, n. a sort of colewort 
saw, n, an instrument with 
teeth for cutting boards, &c. 
saw' fish, n. a sort of fish 
say' ing, n. an expression, an 

opinion 
scab' bard, n. the sheath of a 

sword 
scaf ' fold, n, a temporary gal- 
lery, a kind of stage 
scald, v* to burn with hot liquor 
scam' per, v. to fly with speed 

and trepidation 
scan' dal, n. aspersion 
scan' da lous, a, shameful 
scant, v. to limit, to straiten 
scar' let, n. a beautiful bright 

red colour 
seen' e ry, m imagery, repre 

sentation 
seep' tic, n.. one who doubts all 

things 
seep' tre, n. an ensign of roy- 
alty borne in the hand 
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scorn, v, to despise 
scrip' ture, n. sacred writing 
sculp' ture, "ri. the art of carv- 
ing or engraving 
scur vil' i ty, n. low abuse 
se elude', v. to shut up 
sec' re ta ry, n. one who writes 

for another 
sec' ta ry, n. a follower of a 

particular sect 
sec' tion, n. the distinct part of 

a book 
sec' u lar, a. not bound by rules 
se cu' ri ty, n. a pledge, safety 
self ish ness, n. self-love 
sem' i na ry, n. a school 
sen si bil' i ty, n. quickness of 

feeling 
sen' ti ment, n. opinion 
sep' ul chre, n. a tomb, grave, 

monument 
se' quel, n. conclusion 
se ques' tre, v. to put aside 
ser' aph, n. an angel 
se ren' i ty, n. calmness 
se' ri ous, a. solemn, important 
se ver' i ty^ n. cruel treatment 
sher' iff, n. a county officer 
ship' wright, n. a builder of 

ships 
sig' na ture, n. a sign or mark 
sim' i lar, a. resembling 
sim' pie, a, plain, artless 
slan der, n. disgrace, reproach 
slaugh' ter, v. to slay, kill 
sloop, n. a small vessel with 

one mast 
so' cial, a. familiar 
so lem' ni ty , n, gravity 
sol' i tude,* n. lonely life or 

place, a desert 
sooth, v. to calm 
soph' is try, n. false argument 
sor' row, n. pain for past 

faults , grief 
soul, n. the immortal spirit of 

man 
spee' dy, a. quick, swift 



THE 

spool, n. a weaver's quill 
starve, v. to kill with hunger j 
stig' ma tize, v. to mark with 

infamy 
sub' ju gate, v. to conquer 
sul' phur, n. brimstone 
sump' tu ous, a. splendid 
sus cep' ti ble, a. capable of' 

admitting 
syc' o phant, n. a flatterer 
sym' pa thy, n. fellow-feeling i 

T 

Tab' er na cle, n. a place of j 

worship 
tab' la ture, n\ a painting on a ' 

wall or ceiling 
tab' let, n. a small table 
ta' cit, a. silent 
tal' ent, rfc faculty 
tai' on, n. tiie claw of a bird of 

prey 
tal' low, n. fat of animals 
tar' dy, a. slow, sluggish 
tar'' nish, v. to soil 
tar' ry, v. to stay, to abide 
tart, a. sour, keen 
tat' tie, v. to prate, to talk idly 
tau tol' o ^y, n. a repetition of 

the same words 
taw' dry, a. excessively fine 
teach, v. to instruct 
tern' per ance, n. moderation 
tern' pest, n. a violent wind 
tern' po ral, a. not lasting 
te na' cious, a. retentive 
ten' ant, ?i. one who rents of 

another 
ten' don, n. a sinew 
ten' sion, n. the act of stretch- 
ing 
ter mi na' tion, ?i. limit, bound 
ter rif ic, a. dreadful, frightful 
tes ta' ceous, a. consisting of 

shells 
tes' ti fy, v. to give evidence 
the ol' o gy, n. the science of 

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UMB 

a. a speculation. 



q ry. 
eme 

thief, n. o; eals 

ty, a. frugal 

a multitude, crowd 
til' iage. n. act of ploughing 

;jUS. a. fearful 
tine' ture. n. colour, essence 
tinge, i*. to give a colour 

laying only the 
name 
toil et. n. a dressing- table 
. tol' er ate. v. to allow, permit 
| top' ic. n. general head of a 

disc 
•tor' ment. n. pain, anguish 
jtor na' do. 
hurricane 

>id, a. sluggish, inactive 
f to' tal. n. the v. 
tra di' tion. n. verbal account 
from age to age 

ice', v. to censure fj 
jtran qui!' li ty. ?i. quiet, peace 

of mind 
tran- 

trans pa' rent. a. clear 
trans to put out of 

plai 

a ry. n. a place for money 
ty. 7i. negotiation 

j odend. enter 
lawfully 

:ress 
j trink' et. 72. a toy 
Itri urn' phant, a. vie ton: 
structton 

vileness 
■ 

■ • severity 
in emblem 

U 

omnipresence 
ate* a. the very last 
brage, n. a shadow, of- 
fence 



j VAL 

. urn' pire. n. one who decides 

disputes 
un a' bk. a. not able, deficient 

a. of one mind 
unc' tiun. n. an ointment 
un daunt' ed. a. bold, courage- 
ous 
un de rV led. a. pure, nc 

luted 
un er' ring. a. certain 
un for' tu nate. a. unlucky 
un god' ly. a. wicked 
un grate' ful. a. unthankful 
u' nion. n. the act of joining 
u' ni son. 1 « M of sound 

u ni ver' sal. a. general 
un law' ful. a. un;ust 
un mer'ci ful. a. cruel 
un prof it a bk. a. use' - 
. un rig 

un skii' ful. a. wanting skill 
un thank' ful. a. ungrateful 
un wor' thy, a. 1. .- 

r .:d'. v. to c 
up' roar. a. tumult, confusion 
ur ban' i ty, n. civility-, polite- 
ness 
ur' gent. a. pre* :-ortu- 

nate 

_e. n. treatment, custom. 

- . to seize without 

u ten' sih n. an instrument for 

any 
u til' i ty. n. usefulne 
ut' ter aiice. n. s;:eech. pro- 

1 



Va' can ey. 

va cu 

vague, a. ■■ rular 

vain. a. fruitless, impotent 

val' iant. a. brave, c 
va lid' i ty. n. ti 

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VOL 

van' quish, v. to conquer, to 

subdue 
vap' id, a. dead, insipid 
vaunt, v. to boast, to brag" 
vas' sal, n. a slave 
veg' e ta ble, n. a plant 
ve' he mence, n. force, vio- 
lence 
ve' hi cle, ft. a carriage 
ve lo' ci ty, ft. swiftness, speed 
ve' nal, a. mercenary, base 
ven' er a ble, a. worthy of rev- 
erence 
ve ra' ci ty, n, moral truth 
ver' bal, a. spoken by the 

mouth 
ver' dant, a. green, flourishing 
vei/ diet, n. the opinion of a 

jury 
verge, v. to approach, incline 
ver' nal, a. belonging to the 

spring 
ver sa til' i ty, n. variableness 
vi cin' i ty, ft. neighbourhood, 

nearness 
vi cis' si tude, w. change, revo- 
lution 
vig' i lance, ft. watchfulness, 

attention 
vig' our, n. force, strength 
vin' di cate, v, to justify, de- 
fend 
vi' o lence, ft. force 
vir 7 tue, ft. goodness, efficacy 
vir' u lence, ft. malignity, 

venom 
vis' ion, ft. night, a dream 
vi' ti ate, v. to spoil, corrupt 
vi va' cious, a. sprightly, gay 
viv' id, a. quick, lively 
vo cab' u la ry, ft. a small dic- 
tionary 
vo' cal, a. belonging to the 

voice 
vogue, ft. fashion, repute 
vo lup' tu ous, «. luxurious, 

extravagant 
vol' a tile, a. lively, fickle 



WRE 

vul' gar, a. mean, low 

W 

Waft, v. to carry, float 
wag, n. a merry, droll fellow 
wand, n. a small stick 
wan' der, v. to go astray 
wan' ton, a, licentious, sportive 
war' ble, v. to sing 
ward' robe, n. a place where 

apparel is kept 
warn' ing, ft. previous notice 
waste' ful, a. destructive 
weath' er cock, ft. a vane on a 

spire 
weath' er gage, ft. advantage 

of the wind 
wed' lock, ri. the married state I 
weigh' ty, a. heavy, important I 
wel' fare, ft. happiness, pros- 
perity 
wel' kin, n. the surrounding 

atmosphere 
whee' die, v. to entice by flat- 
tery 
whelm, v. to cover, to bury 
whence, ad. from what place 
wher 7 ry, ft. a light river boat 
whim, ft. caprice, odd fancy 
whim' per, v. to murmur like a 

child 
whirl' pool, ft. a circular cur- 
rent of water 
wick' ed ness, ft. guilt 
wid' ow, ft. a woman whos^j 

husband is dead 
wis' dom, ft. the power of judg- 
ing rightly 
wit' ness, ft. testimony, evi- 
dence 
wit' ti cism, ft. a mean attempt 

at wit 
wit' ness, ft. testimony 
wor' ship, v. to perform acts of 

devotion 
wran' gle, v. to dispute 
wreath, n. a garland, any thing 
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wreck, n. a shipwreck, de- 
struction 
wretch' ed, a. miserable 
writhe, v. to distort, to twist 
wrought, part, performed 



Yawl, n. a ship's boat 
yawn, v. to gape, open wide 
year' ling, n. being a year old 
yeo' man, n. a farmer 
year ning, n. an emotion of 

tenderness 
yoke, /I. a bandage for the 

neck ; a mark of servitude 
) r ore, ad. long past 
youth, 7i. one past childhood, 

but not grown up 



ZOO 

Za' ny, n. a buffoon 

zeal, 7i. ardour 

zeal' ous, a. ardent, passionate 

ze' bra, n. a kind of horse 

ze' nith, n. the point over our 

heads 
zeph' yr, n. the west wind 
zig' zag, n. a thing containing 

short turns 
zink, n. a mineral substance 
zone, 7i. in geography, a di- 
vision of the earth 
zo og' ra phy, n. a description 

of animals 
zo ol' o gy, 7i. a scientific trea- 
tise on living creatures 
zo ot' o my, n. the dissection 
of the bodies of beasts 



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